Church urged to help educate people about Covid-19 vaccines
Members working in health care and schools have an opportunity to counter resistance to vaccinations
Updated: April 29, 2021 05:39 AM GMT
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A medical worker holds a syringe and a vial of the Comirnaty vaccine by Pfizer-BioNTech against Covid-19 on April 22 at the San Giovanni Addolorata hospital in Rome. (Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP)
Members of the Catholic Church, especially religious working in health care and schools, have an important opportunity and duty to educate people about Covid-19 and to counter resistance to vaccinations, said an expert on the Vatican's COVID-19 commission.
Women religious and Catholic organizations who serve others every day and have people's trust are "our best hope for safe and fair distribution of vaccines as well as the best tool for convincing people of the safety and importance of taking the vaccines," said Sister Carol Keehan, a nurse and Daughter of Charity.