Pope Francis has urged people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, saying it is “an act of love”.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Pope made his appeal in a video produced by the Vatican and the Ad Council, a non-profit US group that has previously made videos promoting vaccination against Coronavirus.
He commended scientists for producing safe and effective vaccines.
“Thanks to God and to the work of many, we now have vaccines to protect us from Covid-19,” he said in the video. “Vaccines bring hope to end the pandemic, but only if they are available to all and if we collaborate with one another.”
the pontiff said getting a jab of the authorised COVID-19 vaccine was “an act of love”. “Vaccination is a simple but profound way of promoting the common good and caring for each other, especially the most vulnerable,” he said.
Francis had previously talked about the importance of the Covid-19 jab, while emphasising that vaccinations must be distributed equally, especially to poor countries.
Gatekeepers News reports that the video is targeted at a global audience, and features bishops from the US and Central and South America.
