“Pope Francis in his message for the World Day of Peace points out that while a vaccine has been found for COVID-19, solutions have not yet been found for the cessation of war, and calls on the international community and every individual to urgently join in seeking and promoting fraternity.”
“The report compiles global data on health, education and standard of living. And for the first time in three decades it shows that there has been a decline two years in a row, in 2020 and again in 2021. Worse, it has returned to its 2016 level. The combination of the COVID pandemic,”
“In an attempt to limit the risks of infection at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, he instructed priests to give communion only in the hand and not on the tongue, a measure implemented in other dioceses of Argentina and in the rest of the world.”
“The Pontifical Academy for Life on Dec. 22 issued a new document "The Pandemic and the Challenge of Education". The same day, the Dicast. for Integral Human Development in collaboration with the COVID-19 Vatican Commission issued "Children and COVID-19: The Pandemic's Most Vulnerable Victims".”
“There is no alternative to solidarity and cooperation, both within each of our societies and between nations. This is the only way humanity was able to eliminate smallpox in 1980. We must repeat the same feat with Covid-19 ”
“Nor that it is an improper response to form small groups in order to support a better polity and attitudes. It does suggest, however, that such initiatives will flourish to the extent that they are not about fleeing from the world but about engaging in it at greater depth. ”
“So, my answer to friends abroad who ask what is happening in Japan is that bureaucrats are doing what they are best at and paid for, acting bureaucratically. ”