Pope Francis says he is in line to get the Covid-19 vaccine

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The pontiff made the comments during an interview with the Italian channel Canale 5, broadcast on Sunday evening.

“It is an ethical duty to get the vaccine, here at the Vatican, we will start next week, and I am in line to get it,” he said, according to a news anchor for the channel in a preview of the interview, which was released on Saturday.

The full interview, which took place at the Santa Marta residence in the Vatican, will be broadcast on Sunday at 14.40 ET (20.40 local time), according to a press release.

Francis also spoke about this week’s violence on the Capitol in an interview with Vatican station expert Fabio Marchese Ragona.

“I was amazed, because the US population, which is so disciplined in democracy … But it is a reality, even in more mature realities there is always something wrong, something about people who take a path against the community, against democracy, against the common good.

“Thank God it broke out and we were able to see it well, because this can be fixed, right?” Francis said in a preview video seen by CNN, adding that the violence “must be condemned”.

Vatican says vaccine “morally acceptable”

In December, the Vatican found it morally acceptable to be vaccinated against Covid-19, after some anti-abortion groups expressed concern about how vaccines were made.

Some groups have suggested that coronavirus vaccines were made using cells from aborted fetuses. The cells are actually designed and grown in laboratories from tissues purchased many decades ago and are not made directly from aborted fetuses.

“It is morally acceptable to receive Covid-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and production process,” the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said in a note approved by Francis.

The statement was issued and signed by the head of the congregation in response to several requests for guidance on vaccine use.

The pontiff used his recent Christmas message to say that coronavirus vaccines should be available to all and called on states to cooperate in the pandemic exit race.

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