ASIA/PHILIPPINES Towards a public vaccination of Bishops against Covid-19


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Appeal of the Bishops of the Visayas: stop the killings of indigenous peoples Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Philippines are ready to receive the vaccine against Covid-19 in public in order to help allay the fears of the population. "Bishops can also receive the anti-Covid vaccine on television, so that we can encourage people and overcome fears of vaccination", said Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao, President of the Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), recalling that both Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI also received it. Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, of the diocese of Kalookan, Vice-president...