Pope Institutes Vaccine Passports at Vatican City

Pope Francis has given the go-ahead to institute a vaccine passport enter into Vatican City State, a sovereign state that is the pontiff’s dominion within the city of Rome. The Vatican City basically belongs to the pope, having “full ownership, exclusive dominion, and sovereign authority and jurisdiction” of the Holy See, itself a sovereign entity of international law, which maintains the city state’s temporal, diplomatic, and spiritual independence” according to the Lateran Treaty and is where you would see famous landmarks like religious and cultural sites such as St. Peter’s Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, and church museums.

The Vatican News reports

As of 1 October 2021, entry into the City State of Vatican and in the areas referred to in articles 15 and 16 of the Lateran Treaty, exclusively, to subjects with the State Covid Digital Certificate (“Vatican Green Pass”), of the Covid Digital Certificate pursuant to art. 4, §1 of Decree no. CDXXXII of 15 July 2021 (“European Green Pass”) or foreign Covid19 green certification proving the status of successful vaccination against SARS-Cov-2 or recovery from SARS-Cov-2, or the carrying out of a rapid molecular or antigen test with negative for SARS-Cov-2 virus.

Francis said that this was necessary to ensure “the health and well-being of the working community while respecting the dignity, rights and fundamental freedoms of each of its members.”

All things considered, it’s not the worse thing he’s ever done. Given that he occupies the seat of the antichrist and is a very busy man, we last saw him affirming the faith of Joe Biden, endorsing civil unions for gay couples, hating on anti-maskers and those urging caution at taking the COVID vaccine, and releasing his most outrageously blasphemous statement.