In Italy priest gives a sermon against vaccines and the parishioners leave | International | News

The priest defended himself against the accusations and explained that “in life you also have to know how to listen to those who have a different opinion.”

Most of the congregants attending New Year’s Eve mass at a church in the northern Italian region of Lombardy left and left the priest with the word in his mouth as he delivered his homily, in which he criticized coronavirus vaccines and restrictions to curb the pandemiclocal media reported today.

The event occurred in a church located between the provinces of Pavia and Milan, and it has already been denounced before the Curia of Milan. The priest, identified by the local media as Tarcisio Colombo, has defended himself against the accusations and has said that “in life you also have to know how to listen to those who have a different opinion.”

The Lombardy region, considered the economic engine of Italy, was in 2020 the epicenter of the pandemic In this country and since the outbreak until now, it has accounted for 1.2 million infections, while there have been 6.2 million nationwide. The number of deaths that accumulates already exceeds 35,000, of the 137,513 that Italy has had.

From tomorrow, Monday, this region will be one of those that enter the yellow zone, the second level of the four in the color scale defined by the Government related to the risk of contagion.

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The rapid spread of the omicron variant, which has led the country to exceed the record of daily cases, has forced the Italian Government to decide that from January 10 the reinforced health certificate will be required (obtained in Italy when you have been vaccinated or have passed the disease) to access means of transport, as well as hotels, ceremonies or festivals. Now it is requested for leisure and to consume inside bars and restaurants. (I)

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