Pope Francis on Saturday supported the proposal to lift patents on vaccines against Covid-19, in order to accelerate the dissemination of vaccines to poor countries, in a video message at the "
Vax Live
"
concert
.
The Sovereign Pontiff condemned "
the narrow nationalism which prevents, for example, the internationalization of vaccines
", and referred to "
a spirit of justice which mobilizes us to ensure universal access to vaccines and the temporary suspension of intellectual property rights.
".