He Pope Francisco today urged those with responsibilities to the vaccine is guaranteed to all “especially to the most vulnerable“, in his Christmas message, this year delivered inside Saint Peter’s Basilica and without the faithful present due to the pandemic emergency of the coronavirus.
“In this time of darkness and uncertainties, lights of hope appear like those of vaccines, but for these lights to bring hope to the whole world they have to be available to everythings “, said Francisco. And he denounced:” It cannot be expected that closed nationalism will prevent us from living as the true human family that we are. We cannot let the virus of radical individualism win and leave us indifferent to the suffering of the other brothers. “
“We cannot put ourselves first before the others. Market laws and patents cannot be on the law of love and the health of humanity,” he added.
Given this, I ask all those responsible for the States, international organizations and companies, “propose cooperation and not competition, and find a solution for everyone. Vaccines for all. Especially for the most vulnerable and needy on the planet. “
“Faced with a challenge that knows no borders, barriers cannot be erected. We are all in the same boat,” said Francisco from the blessings hall of the basilica.
This year due to the restrictive measures due to the pandemic and with a confined Italy, the pope delivered his traditional Christmas message inside the basilica and not looking out from the balcony of the central loggia, in which he usually reviews the evils and crises and wars in the world.
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