Bishop Donald J. Kettler of the diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota, has written a letter to 'strongly encourage that only vaccinated individuals – including priests – distribute Holy Communion.'
Modern Catholics are also put to shame by certain more conservative Protestants who show a greater reverence toward a mere symbol than Catholics show toward a reality they profess (or at least are obliged to profess) is Jesus Christ Himself.
Shepherds of the Catholic Church are not supposed to play 'games of power and diplomacy' while placing in the background the truths of the faith, he said.
The Church has a duty to teach God’s law and to sanction members who egregiously and continuously exempt themselves from obedience to that law – and encourage others to do the same.
‘[I]t is a false patience and pastoral concern that … stays silent or speaks in abstractions while the slaughter continues with the full endorsement of Catholic politicians,’ Bishop Thomas Olmsted said.