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Published 10 Jan, 2022 05:16pm

Pope on Covid vaccines says health care a ‘moral obligation’

Pope Francis has suggested that getting vaccinated against the coronavirus is a “moral obligation” and denounced how people have been swayed by “baseless information” to refuse one of the most effective measures to save lives.

Francis used some of his strongest words yet calling for people to get vaccinated in a speech to ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, an annual event in which he takes stock of the world and sets out the Vatican’s foreign policy goals for the year.

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