, which deals specifically with the issue of Covid-19 vaccines.
B. On vaccines
Fundamental principles and values
1. On several occasions, Pope Francis has affirmed the need to make the now imminent Covid-19 vaccines
available and accessible to all, avoiding “pharmaceutical marginality”: “
if there is the possibility of treating a disease with a drug, this should be available to everyone, otherwise an injustice is created”.
[1] In his recent
[2] the Pope stated that vaccines, if they are “to illuminate and bring hope to all, need to be available to all… especially for the most vulnerable and needy of all regions of the planet”. These principles of justice, solidarity and inclusiveness, must be the basis of any specific and concrete intervention in response to the pandemic. The Pope even talked about it in the Catechesis during the General Audience of 19 August 2020, offering some criteria “for choosing which industries to be helped: those which contribute to t
We’re Gonna Get a Whole Year Dedicated to Amoris Laetitia, The Evil Exhortation That Will Never Die 12/28/2020 at 2:56 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
By Steve Skojec, OnePeterFive, December 28, 2020
Pope Francis has announced that beginning on March 19, 2021, an entire year will be dedicated to the “Amoris Laetitia Family” (whatever that means):
In his Angelus address Dec. 27, the feast of the Holy Family, the pope noted that March 19, 2021, would mark five years since the signing of
Amoris laetitia following synods on the family in 2014 and 2015.
He said: “Today’s feast reminds us of the example of evangelising with the family, proposing to us once again the ideal of conjugal and family love, as underlined in the apostolic exhortation
VATICAN: There is a “moral responsibility” vis-à-vis vaccination against COVID-19, based on the “relationship between personal health and public health, showing their close interdependence,” reads a statement issued today by the Vatican COVID-19 Commission and the Pontifical Academy for Life.
The document reminds world leaders that the vaccine must be provided to everyone in a fair and equitable manner, with priority given to those who need it the most. Echoing Pope Francis recent Christmas Urbi et Orbi message, the statement invites world leaders to resist the temptation of “vaccine nationalism”, urging governments and businesses to work together and not compete.
December 30, 2020
CWN Editor s Note: The Vatican Covid-19 Commission, in collaboration with the Pontifical Academy for Life, has published “Vaccine for all: 20 points for a fairer and healthier world.” The document, quoting the director of the World Health Organization, states the “order of [vaccine] administration, at an international level, implies that ‘the priority must be given to vaccinating … some people in all countries, rather than all people in some countries.’”
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By Amedeo Lomonaco
Vaccines were developed as a public good and must be provided to all in a fair and equitable manner, giving priority to those who need them most.
This is what the Vatican s Covid-19 Commission and the Pontifical Academy for Life have highlighted in a
joint document that discusses the essential role of the anti-covid vaccine to defeat the pandemic.
Referring to the Pope’s recent Christmas Message, world leaders are exhorted to reject the temptation to promote “various forms of nationalism” regarding the vaccine, and to cooperate in its distribution. As he said on 25 December, “for these lights to illuminate and bring hope to all, they need to be available to all.”