Pope requires reporters on his trip to Iraq to receive COVID vaccine lifesitenews.com

The Vatican has ordered all journalists accompanying Pope Francis on his upcoming trip to Iraq to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to be allowed to join the Pope, despite outstanding moral and health concerns regarding the injections.

The visit, which will take place from March 5 to 8, will be the first international Apostolic Journey undertaken by Francis since his visit to Thailand and Japan in November 2019.

In a missive sent out from the Holy See Press Office to journalists looking to join the Pope on his trip to Iraq, mandatory vaccination was stipulated as a prerequisite for travel. Section 3 of the document contained the “Prescriptions and health advice,” repeating the stipulation that journalists must wear “personal protective equipment (surgical or FFP2/FFP3 type face mask) in every occasion in which there may be contact with at least one other person and a safe distance of at least one metre is not guaranteed.” (The full section is reproduced below.)…

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