Pope Francis Covid-19 - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 17 Oct 2021 22:27:43 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Pope Francis Covid-19 - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pope pledges to continue being a 'pest' in defence of the poor https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/10/18/pope-pledges-to-continue-being-a-pest-in-defence-of-the-poor/ Mon, 18 Oct 2021 06:53:17 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=141557 Pope Francis said on Saturday he realises some people, including within the Church, consider him to be "a pest" for defending the poor and most vulnerable, but that it won't stop him as it is part of Christianity. "Thinking about these situations (of exclusion and inequality), I make a pest of myself with my questions. Read more

Pope pledges to continue being a ‘pest' in defence of the poor... Read more]]> Pope Francis said on Saturday he realises some people, including within the Church, consider him to be "a pest" for defending the poor and most vulnerable, but that it won't stop him as it is part of Christianity.

"Thinking about these situations (of exclusion and inequality), I make a pest of myself with my questions. And I go on asking. And I ask everyone in the name of God," said Francis, Latin America's first pope.

He called on pharmaceutical companies to release patents to make vaccines for COVID-19 more available to the poor, noting that only 3%-4% of the population in some countries had been vaccinated.

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Pope pledges to continue being a ‘pest' in defence of the poor]]> 141557 Slovak bishop who met Pope Francis last week tests positive for COVID-19 https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/09/23/slovak-bishop-who-met-pope-francis-last-week-tests-positive-for-covid-19/ Thu, 23 Sep 2021 05:53:11 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=140717 A Slovak bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church, who met Pope Francis when the pontiff visited the central European country last week, tested positive for COVID-19 and is in self-quarantine, the church said. Pope Francis visited Hungary and Slovakia between Sep 12-15, which was his first trip since having surgery in July. He presided at a Read more

Slovak bishop who met Pope Francis last week tests positive for COVID-19... Read more]]> A Slovak bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church, who met Pope Francis when the pontiff visited the central European country last week, tested positive for COVID-19 and is in self-quarantine, the church said.

Pope Francis visited Hungary and Slovakia between Sep 12-15, which was his first trip since having surgery in July.

He presided at a Divine Liturgy, a Byzantine rite used by Eastern Catholic and Orthodox Churches, held outside in Presov in eastern Slovakia on Sep 14, which the bishop attended.

"The Greek-Catholic bishop of Presov, Jan Babjak, tested positive for coronavirus on Sept. 18. He went into self-quarantine immediately. He is vaccinated, and he shows only mild symptoms of the illness," the church said on Monday.

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