Pope Francis, ex-Pope Benedict receive COVID-19 Vaccine

Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict have received their first vaccination against COVID-19, the Vatican said. The two were given the jab at the Vatican, it added. Francis, who is 84, had part of a lung removed due to an illness in his 20s, so he would be a high-risk patient if he were to contract the virus. Pope Emeritus Benedict 14, who is 93, also lives within the small city-state that is surrounded by Rome. The Vatican began its vaccine roll-out yesterday Wednesday. It said that health-care workers, security…

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