Vaccinations Archives

Vatican, medical associations look at ways to promote vaccination

Jul 2, 2021

The discovery of vaccines is “one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine,” but the global community is facing the dual challenges of giving everyone access to them and overcoming “vaccine hesitancy,” especially when it is based on false information, said the Pontifical Academy for Life and the World Medical Association.

By Cindy Wooden

U.S. bishops praise Biden for committing to give vaccines to needy nations

Jun 24, 2021

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops praised President Joe Biden June 23 for his commitment to provide 500 million COVID-19 vaccines to lower-income countries.

By Catholic News Service

Delhi High Court says elderly have ‘lived their life’ in call to prioritize youth in COVID fight

Jun 3, 2021

A Catholic priest has lambasted a court in India for saying younger people should be prioritized in handing out COVID-19 vaccines, since the older population – most vulnerable to the disease – has “lived its life.”

By Nirmala Carvalho

Vaccine proof beats full house in poll on post-COVID-19 sports attendance

May 30, 2021

Not only does the general public want vaccination proof, mask mandates and social distancing options in sports venues, according to a poll conducted by Seton Hall University, sports fans want them in bigger numbers than the general public — and avid fans most of all.

By Mark Pattison

Online system is denying people access to vaccines, Italian official says

May 27, 2021

More than 700,000 foreigners in Italy are “invisible” in the eyes of the country’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign and are being denied legal access to the vaccines, warned a top public official.

By Carol Glatz

Romania’s biggest Catholic service offers faith, vaccines

May 22, 2021

More than 35,000 Catholic pilgrims congregated Saturday at an open-air shrine in Romania for a centuries-old procession that was canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

By Stephen McGrath and Andreea Alexandru

Vaccination clinic aimed at refugees, immigrants

May 17, 2021

A vaccination clinic is targeting refugees and new immigrants, and aims to remove barriers to getting a dose.

By Associated Press

Papal vaccine campaigns offered punishments, rewards 200 years ago

May 9, 2021

When popes were king, they ordered all their subjects in the Papal States to be vaccinated, using punishments and rewards to convince the hesitant and making sure the poor and the prisoners were inoculated as well.

By Cindy Wooden