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Florida’s Attorney General is pressuring the Catholic Church to allow religious exemptions for student vaccinations—or risk losing state funding for Catholic schools. With just ten days until school starts, the Church is reviewing the letter, which specifically targets the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee and cites Vatican guidance that vaccines aren’t always morally obligatory. While Florida law mandates key shots—including one developed using fetal cell lines—the AG argues exemptions should be permitted, especially since the Church’s own doctrine doesn’t support denying them. Surprisingly, even though top GOP leaders like Governor DeSantis are pushing to weaken vaccine mandates, the Catholic Conference has opposed those efforts, preferring to keep requirements in place. The stakes? Millions in state scholarship funds—and a potential legal showdown over faith, science, and public health.

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