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Coronavirus vaccines

Vaccines at Catholic school: Some parents question exemption policies

Catholic school vaccine policies are facing criticism. Here's why.

Michelle La Rosa
and
JD Flynn
Mar 21, 2025
∙ Paid

Elizabeth Clark and her family live in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.

Last year, her daughter attended an archdiocesan Catholic school, where she had an approved medical exemption for a childhood vaccination that she had not received.

But this year, when she reapplied for the exemption, it was denied.

Credit: Mufid Majnun / Unsplash.

Initially, Clark s…

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