Bishop James Foley - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:16:34 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Bishop James Foley - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Cairns bishop condemns 'ignorant, divisive' parishioners peddling anti-vaccine myths https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/11/18/cairns-bishop-condemns-ignorant-divisive-parishioners-peddling-anti-vaccine-myths/ Thu, 18 Nov 2021 06:55:22 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=142494 The head of the Catholic diocese in Cairns has heavily criticised parishioners spreading coronavirus vaccine myths, labelling them divisive and ignorant. Bishop James Foley this morning said that people within his church were "campaigning against vaccination on all sorts of ill-founded prejudice". Among the misinformation Bishop Foley said he had received were claims coronavirus vaccines Read more

Cairns bishop condemns ‘ignorant, divisive' parishioners peddling anti-vaccine myths... Read more]]> The head of the Catholic diocese in Cairns has heavily criticised parishioners spreading coronavirus vaccine myths, labelling them divisive and ignorant.

Bishop James Foley this morning said that people within his church were "campaigning against vaccination on all sorts of ill-founded prejudice".

Among the misinformation Bishop Foley said he had received were claims coronavirus vaccines contained cells from unborn fetuses — erroneous information he said he had no time for.

"In almost 30 years in this position, I've never encountered such divisiveness and, dare I say, ignorance," Bishop Foley said.

"I'm really concluding that I'm wasting my time talking to them and they're wasting their time talking to me."

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