JUST IN: #PopeFrancis today sent a video-message to “Vax Live: The Concert To Reunite The World,” a benefit concert to support equitable global vaccine distribution. https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/media/vaxlive/

Campaign Chairs: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Premieres today at 8pm EST on Youtube

Partners in Vax Live include Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CEPI, GAVI, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, WHO's Dr. Thedros & others.

Frequently asked questions include vaccine safety & effectiveness including for pregnant women.

No mention of abortion-tainted vaccines.

In message, #PopeFrancis tells young people "God the Creator instills in our hearts a new & generous spirit to abandon our individualism:... a spirit of justice that mobilizes us to ensure universal access to vaccines & the temporary suspension of intellectual property rights..."

Watch #PopeFrancis's message here: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/it/events/event.dir.html/content/vaticanevents/it/2021/5/8/videomessaggio-vaxlive.html