There are too many partisan
interests in the search for a COVID vaccine, Pope Francis said
Wednesday.
"We can only emerge from the crisis if we seek the common good
together," Francis said.
"Unfortunately," he said at his weekly general audience, "we are
seeing the emergence of partisan interests.
"For example, there are those who would like to appropriate
possible solutions, as in the case of vaccines, in order to sell
them to others later.
"Some people are taking advantage of the situation to foment
divisions: to seek economic or political gain, generating or
increasing conflicts.
"Others, on the other hand, simply do not care about the
suffering of others, they turn a blind eye and go on their way.
"They are the devotees of Pontius Pilate: they wash their hand
of the problem".
Francis added that politics in general did not enjoy a great
reputation, and it should take more care of the common good.
The pontiff appealed to lay Christians to "bear witness to
charity".
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