As the vaccination process continues in countries like Italy, airports are welcoming the increasing number of passengers with murals like this one of Leonardo Da Vinci and the Mona Lisa as tourists without masks.
Nevertheless, the problem of vaccine distribution, especially in developing countries, remains.
It's a matter the Vatican has addressed with a team of experts. This document contains their conclusions. One is to request equal access to vaccines. The other is to insist upon the need to get vaccinated.
ABP. VINCENZO PAGLIA
President, Pontifical Academy for Life
“Today, we cannot say that my freedom ends where another person's begins, because the virus has destroyed that conception. Nowadays, every individual gesture affects others, for good or ill.”
Abp. Vincenzo Paglia was also clear with those who refuse to get the vaccine for ethical reasons or simply because they don't want to.
ABP. VINCENZO PAGLIA
President, Pontifical Academy for Life
“We gave an answer. But of course everyone is free to decide whether or not to accept what the Pope says, what the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith says, etc. But our answer is aligned with Catholic doctrine.”
To avoid misinformation and fake news about the vaccines, the document calls for clear campaigns to demonstrate their safety.
The meeting of experts was organized by the Pontifical Academy for Life, The World Medical Association and the German Medical Association.
During their meeting, they discussed other matters, like developing vaccines against other diseases like tuberculosis and malaria, which, according to Abp. Paglia, cause more deaths than the coronavirus in many places in Africa.
Javier Romero
TR: CT
