
Anti-COVID vaccine mandate bishop in Puerto Rico relieved of leadership by Vatican
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Bishop Torres previously refused to sign an episcopal decree advocating the separation of vaccinated and unvaccinated parishioners
Many have pointed to the bishop's vocal opposition to vaccine mandates as a possible motive, though the issue remains murky behind the characteristic veil of Catholic politics.
"The Bishops of the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference (CEP) have received this morning an official communication from S.E.R. Bishop Ghaleb Bader, Apostolic Delegate for Puerto Rico of his Holiness, Pope Francis," the Puerto Rican bishops' conference wrote in a letter to the laity. "In this communication from the Holy See, we were notified of the relief of the position of Bishop of the Diocese of Arecibo, of S.E.R. Archbishop Daniel Fernandez Torres."













