{"id":102341,"date":"2026-08-17T19:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=102341"},"modified":"2026-08-17T19:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:28:12","slug":"florida-attorney-general-miami-archbishop-spar-over-vaccine-exemptions-in-catholic-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/florida-attorney-general-miami-archbishop-spar-over-vaccine-exemptions-in-catholic-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u0639\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0645 \u0644\u0648\u0644\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0641\u0644\u0648\u0631\u064a\u062f\u0627 \u0648\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633 \u0623\u0633\u0627\u0642\u0641\u0629 \u0645\u064a\u0627\u0645\u064a \u064a\u062e\u062a\u0644\u0641\u0627\u0646 \u062d\u0648\u0644 \u0625\u0639\u0641\u0627\u0621\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0642\u0627\u062d\u0627\u062a \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u062b\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0643\u064a\u0629"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>A dispute between Florida\u2019s Catholic bishops and state Attorney General James Uthmeier over vaccine exemptions in Catholic schools is testing the boundaries between state law and Church authority, with both sides arguing religious freedom is at stake.The dispute began with what Wenski described as Uthmeier\u02bcs \u201cveiled threat\u201d in a July 31 letter to the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops. In it, the attorney general urged the bishops to bring Catholic schools into compliance with Florida law requiring religious exemptions for\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dispute between Florida\u2019s Catholic bishops and state Attorney General James Uthmeier over vaccine exemptions in Catholic schools is testing the boundaries between state law and Church authority, with both sides arguing religious freedom is at stake.The dispute began with what Wenski described as Uthmeier\u02bcs \u201cveiled threat\u201d in a July 31 letter to the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops. In it, the attorney general urged the bishops to bring Catholic schools into compliance with Florida law requiring religious exemptions for\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-102341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101783,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/florida-attorney-general-confronts-catholic-schools-over-vaccine-mandate\/","url_meta":{"origin":102341,"position":0},"title":"Florida attorney general confronts Catholic schools over vaccine mandate","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has sent a letter to the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops urging compliance with state law requiring religious exemptions for vaccine mandates.In a July 31 letter addressed to Michael Sheedy, the conference\u2019s executive director, Uthmeier, a Catholic, expressed concern that \u201cat least one diocese\u201d appears to have adopted a policy articulated by the\u00a0National Catholic Bioethics Center in 2011 that states Catholic institutions \u201ccannot grant an exemption from vaccination on religious grounds.\u201d Under Florida law, the\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":68687,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/florida-announces-350-million-false-advertising-lawsuit-against-planned-parenthood\/","url_meta":{"origin":102341,"position":1},"title":"Florida announces $350 million false advertising lawsuit against Planned Parenthood","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0641\u0628\u0631\u0627\u064a\u0631 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks with EWTN News\u2019 Catherine Hadro on \u201cEWTN News Nightly\u201d on Nov. 7, 2025.\u00a0 \/ Credit: \u201cEWTN News Nightly\u201d\/Screenshot CNA Staff, Nov 8, 2025 \/ 08:00 am (CNA). Florida is suing Planned Parenthood for up to $350 million for allegedly falsely advertising abortion pills as \u201csafer than Tylenol,\u201d a claim debunked in a study this year.The 37-page lawsuit claims that Planned Parenthood has falsely advertised the abortion pill as \u201csafer than Tylenol\u201d despite evidence that\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":76809,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/u-s-solicitor-general-backs-colorado-catholics-in-dispute-over-universal-preschool-program\/","url_meta":{"origin":102341,"position":2},"title":"U.S. solicitor general backs Colorado Catholics in dispute over universal preschool program","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0641\u0628\u0631\u0627\u064a\u0631 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The United States solicitor general urged the Supreme Court to stop Colorado from excluding Catholic schools from the state\u2019s universal preschool (UPK) program in a brief on Friday.The 25-page amicus brief, submitted by Solicitor General John Sauer, Principal Deputy Solicitor General Sarah Harris, and Assistant to the Solicitor General Emily Hall, asked the Supreme Court to consider the religious discrimination case.The friend-of-the-court brief is the latest development in the yearslong legal troubles that religious preschools wanting to be involved in\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38615,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/oklahoma-catholic-charter-school-loses-supreme-court-bid-for-state-approval\/","url_meta":{"origin":102341,"position":3},"title":"Oklahoma Catholic charter school loses Supreme Court bid for state approval","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u064a\u0648\u0646\u064a\u0648 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. \/ Credit: Wolfgang Schaller|Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 \/ 12:12 pm (CNA). The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to issue a ruling in a contentious case involving what was proposed to be the nation\u2019s first religious charter school, leaving untouched a lower court ruling that forbids the Catholic institution from accessing state funds.In its Thursday ruling, the high court said its judges had split evenly on whether or not to\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender procedures for minors","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Supreme-Court-upholds-Tennessee-ban-on-transgender-procedures-for-minors.webp?fit=800%2C521&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Supreme-Court-upholds-Tennessee-ban-on-transgender-procedures-for-minors.webp?fit=800%2C521&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Supreme-Court-upholds-Tennessee-ban-on-transgender-procedures-for-minors.webp?fit=800%2C521&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Supreme-Court-upholds-Tennessee-ban-on-transgender-procedures-for-minors.webp?fit=800%2C521&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51808,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/orthodox-churches-join-catholic-bishops-in-suing-washington-state-over-confession-law\/","url_meta":{"origin":102341,"position":4},"title":"Orthodox churches join Catholic bishops in suing Washington state over confession law","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u064a\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0648 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Credit: Quisquilia\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 17, 2025 \/ 11:16 am (CNA). A group of Orthodox churches has joined the Catholic bishops of Washington state in suing the government over its requirement that clergy either violate the seal of confession or face jail time. The Orthodox Church in America, the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, and numerous other Orthodox jurisdictions on Monday sued dozens of public officials in the state challenging the constitutionality of its mandatory reporter law. Signed\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Orthodox churches join Catholic bishops in suing Washington state over confession law","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Orthodox-churches-join-Catholic-bishops-in-suing-Washington-state-over-confession-law.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Orthodox-churches-join-Catholic-bishops-in-suing-Washington-state-over-confession-law.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Orthodox-churches-join-Catholic-bishops-in-suing-Washington-state-over-confession-law.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Orthodox-churches-join-Catholic-bishops-in-suing-Washington-state-over-confession-law.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5552,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/oklahoma-supreme-court-rules-against-catholic-charter-school-proposal\/","url_meta":{"origin":102341,"position":5},"title":"Oklahoma Supreme Court rules against Catholic charter school proposal","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u064a\u0648\u0646\u064a\u0648 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Source null \/ Credit: Zolnierek\/Shutterstock The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday&nbsp;ruled against&nbsp;the establishment of&nbsp;a virtual Catholic charter school, which would have been the first of its kind in the nation.In the U.S., charter schools are free, publicly funded schools&nbsp;that have&nbsp;greater flexibility in their operations and management than traditional public schools. Buoyed by favorable U.S. Supreme Court rulings in recent years and relatively friendly regulations toward charter schools in Oklahoma, the&nbsp;push to approve&nbsp;the nation\u2019s first religious charter school has been\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719375370_justicia-zolnierek-shutterstock-050523.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719375370_justicia-zolnierek-shutterstock-050523.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719375370_justicia-zolnierek-shutterstock-050523.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719375370_justicia-zolnierek-shutterstock-050523.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","mfb_acf":[],"mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102341"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=102341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}