A CNN religion commentator said during a Christmas Eve segment that unvaccinated Americans should not be allowed to attend church services.
“I think that what we’re trying to say to people is they you have a social responsibility if you do gather, you know Christian churches many are gathering this evening and some are still not requiring vaccination, which I disagree with,” Father Edward Beck said Thursday. “I think part of caring for one another, the dictum of Jesus who we celebrate his birthday, is love one another. Show compassion. Show mercy to each other.
“So I think the lesson is that if we want to act like Jesus in these kinds of times we take care of each other and if we’re going to gather in celebration we have to do so safely, comfortably and we have to give to one another that gift of peace and part of that is health and feeling like we’re gathering in a healthy environment.”
Residents wait in line at a Covid-19 vaccination site in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York, U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. Five months after President Joe Biden declared the U.S. to be on the verge of defeating Covid-19, the virus threatens a winter resurgence across the country with the omicron variant threatening to fuel an already high case count. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
“I don’t think there’s a reason to say I’m not going to get vaccinated, maybe for a health reason, then you can’t come to church,” he later added.
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Ahead of swift criticism Beck proudly defended his comments on Twitter with a clearer statement on where he stands on unvaccinated churchgoers.
“Yep, I said it,” he tweeted. “I don’t think unvaccinated people should be gathering in churches for Christmas Eve / Day Masses.”
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Critics, many of whom were Catholic, called Beck a heretic and accused him of…
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