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The Pope Francisco This Sunday (3) he paid tribute to all the doctors and priests who lost their lives due to the new coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) while trying to help patients infected with Covid-19.
During the celebration of the “Good Shepherd”, at mass in the Casa Santa Marta, in the Vatican, the pontiff recalled that in Italy alone, more than 100 priests died. “I think of many pastors in the world who give their lives for the faithful,” he said.
Saying that the practice of medicine is also a way of caring for the population and being a “pastor”, Francis asked the faithful to be “aware that 154 doctors died in the act of service alone in Italy.”
“May the example of these pastors and medical pastors help us to care for the holy faithful people of God,” appealed the Argentine.
In his homily, Jorge Bergoglio also explained that “in the history of the Church there were many false shepherds who took advantage, exploited the flock.” “They were not interested in the herd. They were only interested in a career, politics, money,” he warned.
Finally, the leader of the Catholic Church said a prayer for patients infected with the new coronavirus, who help and encourage the international collaboration that is taking place to find vaccines and treatments. “It is important, in fact, to gather scientific skills, transparently and selflessly.”
Later, the Pope called for “universal access to essential technologies that allow all infected people, in all parts of the world, to receive the necessary medical attention.”
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