Pope Francis Leads COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign Encouraging The ‘Act Of Love’
Video screenshot via Ad Council
To some, getting vaccinated or choosing not is a political statement, but that’s now how some of the world’s most prominent religious leaders see it. The Pope, for one, views it as “an act of love,” as you’d be protecting and considering the welfare of people around you.
Keen to counter a swarm of anti-vaxxer misinformation, the Ad Council and COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative have invited Pope Francis and six Cardinals and Archbishops from the United States and Latin America to encourage all to place their trust in the medical field and work towards a common good of overcoming COVID-19.
“Thanks to God’s grace and to the work of many, we now have vaccines to protect us from COVID-19,” Pope Francis addresses in a new PSA. “They grant us the hope of ending the pandemic, but only if they are available to all and if we work together.”
He describes being vaccinated as “a simple but profound way” of caring for humankind, “especially the most vulnerable.”
“I pray to God that everyone may contribute their own small grain of sand, their own small gesture of love,” continues the Pope, who had gotten vaccinated earlier this year.
The Ad Council is also directing to visit GetVaccineAnswers.org to find out more about COVID-19 vaccines.
[via The Drum, video and cover image via Ad Council]
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