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Pope Francis: Easter urbi et orbi appeals for equitable vaccine distribution, disarmament, solidarity, religious liberty

April 04, 2021

Pope Francis noted the restrictions under which Christians in many parts of the world – owing to the pandemic and other reasons – are worshipping this Easter. “Once again this year,” Pope Francis said, “in various places many Christians have celebrated Easter under severe restrictions and, at times, without being able to attend liturgical celebrations.”

Pope Francis visits Vatican vaccination centre

April 02, 2021

The vaccination program at Paul VI is part and parcel of the push Pope Francis has been making to see that vaccine doses are distributed with a view to the safety of the most vulnerable.

More Catholic Than The Pope: ‘Rad-Trads’ and ‘Rona Vaccines

March 19, 2021

Tradition and Traditionalism are two different things. The former is the living source of Truth given to the Church by Christ himself. The latter is a rigid, obsessive form of individualism that reminds one both of the Pharisees and the Jansenists.

Pope Francis talks post-pandemic in interview with Italy’s Tg5

January 11, 2021

Pope Francis also discussed the increasingly diffuse social tendency to judge persons’ worth on the basis of “productivity” and to discard anyone “unproductive” – especially the sick, the elderly, and the unborn – a tendency he identifies as the chief characteristic of the “throwaway” culture.

Vatican City set to launch COVID-19 vaccinations this month

January 03, 2021

In a statement released Jan. 2, the head of the Vatican health service, Dr. Andrea Arcangeli, said that the Vatican has purchased a low temperature refrigerator to store the vaccine and expects to begin administering vaccinations in the second half of January in the atrium of Paul VI Hall.