The Vatican intervened in the heated debate of those who oppose mass vaccination against coronavirus, stating that “rejection may constitute a risk to othersHe also defended the “moral responsibility of those who supply it.”
The Vatican Commission Covid-19 and the Academy for Life urged world leaders to make a distribution fair and equitable of vaccines, “to give priority to those who need it most.” In a document, both bodies cited Pope Francis ’recent Christmas message and called on world leaders to resist the temptation to adhere to“ a vaccine nationalism, ”when what is needed is cooperation.
The Church, they stressed, stands in the service of “healing the world”, using “their voices spread across the planet to speak, urge and help ensure that vaccines and care are available to the global family, especially to vulnerable people.”
Both Vatican agencies comment on the “life cycle” of vaccine administration, for the speed with which it has created effective vaccines in less than a year, when in the past the cycle of creating this fundamental protection against diseases it took in its experimental stage 3:00 and up to five years to be launched in the international market.
The issues raised are very complex and the Pontifical Academy for Life ruled out that “there is a morally relevant collaboration between wanting to use these vaccines and the practice of voluntary abortion.”
Controversy over aborted fetuses
Some vaccines are used clinically at various stages of the experimental process cell lines of aborted fetuses decades ago, Which are used in laboratory test phases “.
The Academy for the Life of the Holy See exonerates this occupation of aborted fetal cells and notes that “all clinically recommended vaccines can be used with a clear awareness that the use of these vaccines does not mean a kind of cooperation with voluntary abortion, “
With regard to vaccine ownership patents, Vatican agencies claim that the vaccine should be interpreted as “a good to which all have access, without discrimination, in accordance with the principle of the universal destination of the goods mentioned by the Pope Francis “.
“Investments in the field of medicine must find their deepest meaning in human solidarity.”
The Covid-19 Commission and the Academy of Life support convergence in favor of priorities that “should be reserved for professional categories engaged in the common interest, especially care staff and health, to the most vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and the sick with particular pathologies “.
With regard to the moral responsibility of undergoing vaccination, the Vatican reiterates that the issue involves “a relationship between personal health and public health, showing its close interdependence, in which the rejection of the vaccine it can also be a risk to others. “
The Holy See advocates for a safe and effective vaccine, “available to all and at a price that allows equitable distribution.” These are the priorities to ensure a comprehensive treatment “that also takes into account and values local situations.”
The document concludes that thus “resources will be developed to assist local Churches in the preparation of initiatives and treatment protocols for particular communities.”
Vatican, correspondent
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