Bishop Brennan Statements

Statement from Bishop Brennan on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine

March 8, 2021

It is a serious disappointment that some pharmaceutical companies like Johnson &
Johnson elected to use cell lines that originate in the use of fetal tissue taken from aborted
babies. Moreover, given that there are viable alternative cell lines, the decision to do so is
puzzling. We encourage the choice where possible to use vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer,
which are more morally acceptable, and I urge that individuals be permitted to make the
appropriate choices according to their convictions, especially the poor who often are not
given many choices. That said, all the Church documents make it clear that at the level of
the recipient, it is morally permissible to accept such vaccinations when alternatives are not
available especially given the gravity of the COVID-19 Coronavirus. We encourage people
to be vaccinated for their own health but also for the protection of the greater community.

U.S. Bishop Chairmen for Doctrine and for Pro-Life Address the Use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccine -- March 2, 2021
Ohio Bishops Issue Letter on Vaccines -- December 16, 2020 

March 8, 2021 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine

February 9, 2021 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on President Biden's Actions on Title X Family Planning and Mexico City Policy

January 22, 2021 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on Respect Life Mass Protest

December 24. 2020 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on the Shooting Death of Andre Hill

December 9, 2020 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on the Shooting Death of Casey Goodson

November 17, 2020 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on Appointment of Father David Bonnar as Bishop of Diocese of Youngstown

November 10, 2020 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on Vatican's Theodore McCarrick Report 

November 4, 2020 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on Naming of Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory to the College of Cardinals

November 4, 2020 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on Beatification of Knights of Columbus Founder Father Michael J. McGivney

October 22, 2020 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on Pope Francis' "Francesco" Remarks 

October 4, 2020 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on Prayers for President, First Lady

July 16. 2020 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on the Appointment of Most Rev. Edward Malesic as Bishop of Cleveland

June 5, 2020 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on the Passing of Bishop George V. Murry, Bishop of Youngstown

May 29, 2020 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on Death of George Floyd

March 2, 2020 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on Flu/Coronavirus Concerns 

January 23, 2020 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on Appointment of Cleveland Bishop as Archbishop of Philadelphia 

November 13, 2019 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on U.S. Supreme Court DACA Case

August 4, 2019 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on El Paso and Dayton Shootings

June 4, 2019 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on Virginia Beach Shooting

May 9, 2019 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on Pope Francis' Decree on Child Abuse

April 28, 2019 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on California Synagogue Shooting

April 22, 2019 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on Sri Lanka Bombings

April 15, 2019 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on Notre-Dame Cathedral 

April 11, 2019 -- Statement from Bishop Brennan on the signing of Ohio "Heartbeat Bill" 

March 15, 2019 -- Statement of Bishop Robert Brennan in Response to the Columbus Dispatch