Francis and Benedict get 2nd dose of Covid vaccine

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I.Media - published on 02/03/21

They both got the first dosage on January 13.

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Pope Francis received his second dose of the coronavirus vaccine on February 3, 2021, a Vatican source confirmed to I.MEDIA. The pontiff received his first dose of the vaccine on January 13.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI also received his second dose on February 3.

Here is the December statement from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on the ethics of the vaccines.

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