VATICAN CITY—A Vatican round table and online conference focused on combatting “vaccine hesitancy” by countering disinformation, but neglected to include views critical of COVID-19 vaccines. A future conference will address the oversight. Throughout the conference, held on July 1, several of the experts admitted to frustration in addressing disinformation on vaccines—often, they said, propagated by members of the media. Co-moderator Dr. Frank Ulrich Montgomery, Chair of the Council for the World Medical Association, said, “I could say I have a dream—and you understand that correctly—I have a dream that one day from all Catholic preachers will come, maybe on the orders of Pope Francis, the idea that they speak out for vaccination.” He then asked Dr. Stefano Semplici, representing the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for life, a question, “Because a lot of people who are not interested or not informed, however, believe in what the Catholic Church says. [Couldn’t] we use …
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