The official stance of the Catholic church is that people should get vaccinated. However there are a few who totally ignore science.
'bout damn time. Good for him, at least, openly declaring to his underlings to stop selfishly treating the pandemic like some game of "personal preference" cloaked in religious authority.
Is that the same one that's now on a ventilator? Hope, I got Hope!
Having worked for the Catholics in the late 80's, I always noticed that most of the religious clergy being educated were very positive toward science. That has been changing as more lay people take control and have become evangelical catholic - total dipshits and stupid asses.