The Vatican on Feb. 18 backtracked on a decree signed earlier this month that threatened termination for any employee in the city-state who refused to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, following widespread condemnation against the policy.  Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, the governor of the Vatican on Feb. 8 signed the directive that said employees who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus, without providing valid medical resigning for doing so, could be punished by “the interruption of the relationship of employment.” The decree justified the measures by emphasizing the importance of protecting Vatican employees in the workplace, and guidelines issued by Pope Francis, who received the first shot of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine last month following the rollout of the state’s vaccination program. The pope has advocated that everyone should get the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccine. “It is an ethical choice because you …