[News] The Pope asks that everyone have access to the vaccine in his Christmas message

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Pope Francis today urged those who have responsibilities to guarantee the vaccination to all "especially the most vulnerable", in his Christmas message, this year delivered inside Saint Peter's Basilica and without the faithful present by the pandemic coronavirus emergency.

 

"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 all," 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 health of humanity, "he added.

 

Given this, I ask all those responsible for the States, international organizations and companies, “to propose cooperation and not competition, and seek a solution for all. Vaccines for everyone. Especially for the most vulnerable and needy on the planet.

 

“Faced with a challenge that knows no borders, no barriers can 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.

 

A REMEMBER TO THE SICK AND THOSE WHO FIND IN ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES

 

He began by stating that "at this moment in history, marked by the ecological crisis and by serious economic and social imbalances, aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic, we need fraternity more than ever."

 

During these days of celebration, Francis recalled "all those who do not allow themselves to be overwhelmed by adverse circumstances, but who strive to bring hope, comfort and help, helping those who suffer and accompanying those who are alone."

 

He also directed his thinking "at this time to families: those who cannot be reunited today, as well as those who are forced to stay at home."

 

Recalling that today Catholics celebrate the birth of Jesus, he asked “that the Child of Bethlehem help us to be available, generous and supportive, especially with the most fragile people, the sick and all those who at this moment are without work or in serious difficulties due to the economic consequences of the pandemic ”.

 

He also asked for closeness to all "women who have suffered domestic violence in these months of confinement."

 

MAY THE BIRTH OF JESUS REMEMBER THE CHILDREN WHO SUFFER IN THE WORLD

 

In this Christmas message, Francis urged that "on the day when the Word of God becomes a child," so many suffering children in the world be remembered, "especially in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, they are still paying the price. price of war ».

 

"May their faces touch the consciences of people of good will, so that the causes of conflicts can be addressed and courageously worked to build a future of peace," he added.

 

He prayed for this to be the moment "that tensions throughout the Middle East and the eastern Mediterranean dissolve."

 

And also that "the Child Jesus heals once again the wounds of the beloved people of Syria, who for a decade have been exhausted by the war and its consequences, further aggravated by the pandemic", and "bring comfort to the Iraqi people and all the who have committed themselves to the path of reconciliation, especially the Yazidis, who have been severely beaten in the last years of war.