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Pope Francis Made a Passionate Appeal to Nations to Ensure COVID-19 Vaccines for All

December 25, 2020

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Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world ) Christmas day blessing inside the blessing hall of St. Peter s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Vatican Media via AP)

Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world ) Christmas day blessing inside the blessing hall of St. Peter s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Vatican Media via AP)

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has made a passionate appeal to nations to ensure COVID-19 vaccines for all.

In his Christmas Day message on Friday, he urged that the vulnerable and the needy be first in line. Francis said the laws of the markets and patents can’t come before the “laws of love and health of humanity” and he called on leaders of nations, international organizations and businesses to “promote cooperation, not competition” in the distribution of the vaccines.

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