As_PRP 2022_CRD begins_VVZ ,_PUN despite_PRP strong_AJ0 desires_NN2 to_TO0 move_VVI on_AVP ,_PUN the_AT0 world_NN1 still_AV0 finds_VVZ itself_PNX mired_VVN in_PRP pandemics_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 fall_NN1 semester_NN1 was_VBD one_PNI of_PRF stark_AJ0 juxtaposition_NN1 ._SENT On_PRP my_DPS campus_NN1 ,_PUN students_NN2 and_CJC faculty_NN1 found_VVD comfort_NN1 returning_VVG to_PRP in-person_AJ0 classes_NN2 with_PRP the_AT0 protection_NN1 of_PRF both_DT0 the_AT0 vaccine_NN1 and_CJC indoor_AJ0 masking_NN1 ._SENT Just_AV0 as_CJS New_NP0 York_NP0 began_VVD returning_VVG to_PRP more_DT0 normal_AJ0 activity_NN1 ,_PUN I_PNP received_VVD word_NN1 that_CJT a_AT0 beloved_AJ0 colleague_NN1 and_CJC friend_NN1 died_VVD in_PRP Rome_NP0 ,_PUN just_AV0 as_CJS it_PNP seemed_VVD he_PNP had_VHD fully_AV0 recovered_VVN from_PRP COVID-19_NN1 ._SENT 
Known_VVN for_PRP his_DPS compassion_NN1 and_CJC joy_NN1 ,_PUN Jesuit_AJ0 Father_NN1 Jacquineau_NP0 Azétsop_NP0 was_VBD a_AT0 leading_AJ0 Catholic_AJ0 voice_NN1 for_PRP global_AJ0 health_NN1 equity_NN1 ._SENT I_PNP was_VBD honored_VVN to_TO0 call_VVI him_PNP my_DPS classmate_NN1 and_CJC friend_NN1 ._SENT A_AT0 bioethicist_NN1 from_PRP Cameroon_NP0 ,_PUN Azétsop_NP0 was_VBD a_AT0 devoted_AJ0 priest_NN1 and_CJC his_DPS academic_AJ0 work_NN1 always_AV0 remained_VVD firmly_AV0 rooted_VVN in_PRP the_AT0 preferential_AJ0 option_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 poor_AJ0 ._SENT Inclusive_AJ0 and_CJC generous_AJ0 ,_PUN he_PNP was_VBD known_VVN as_PRP a_AT0 mentor_NN1 to_PRP countless_AJ0 young_AJ0 African_AJ0 priests_NN2 studying_VVG in_PRP Nairobi_NP0 ,_PUN Rome_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC even_AV0 New_NP0 York_NP0 ._SENT In_PRP 2018_CRD ,_PUN when_CJS I_PNP brought_VVD a_AT0 first-year_AJ0 theology_NN1 class_NN1 to_PRP Rome_NP0 ,_PUN he_PNP told_VVD them_PNP about_PRP the_AT0 church_NN1 in_PRP Africa_NP0 and_CJC his_DPS own_DT0 work_NN1 calling_VVG for_PRP a_AT0 social_AJ0 justice_NN1 approach_NN1 to_PRP HIV_NP0 /_PUN AIDS_NN1 in_PRP Africa_NP0 ._SENT Moved_VVN by_PRP his_DPS witness_NN1 ,_PUN my_DPS students_NN2 saw_VVD both_AV0 the_AT0 church_NN1 and_CJC HIV_NP0 /_PUN AIDS_NN1 in_PRP a_AT0 new_AJ0 light_NN1 ._SENT 
Addressing_VVG health_NN1 challenges_NN2 locally_AV0 requires_VVZ knowledge_NN1 of_PRF society_NN1 and_CJC global_AJ0 institutions_NN2 ._SENT 
Father_NN1 Jacquineau_NP0 Azétsop_NP0 ,_PUN S.J._NP0 
An_AT0 exemplary_AJ0 scholar_NN1 ,_PUN Azétsop_NP0 argued_VVD for_PRP an_AT0 integrated_AJ0 and_CJC participatory_AJ0 approach_NN1 to_PRP public_AJ0 health_NN1 in_PRP which_DTQ the_AT0 flourishing_NN1 of_PRF those_DT0 on_PRP the_AT0 margins_NN2 became_VVD our_DPS central_AJ0 focus_NN1 ._SENT “_NN1 Addressing_VVG health_NN1 challenges_NN2 locally_AV0 requires_VVZ knowledge_NN1 of_PRF society_NN1 and_CJC global_AJ0 institutions_NN2 ,_PUN ”_NP0 he_PNP argued_VVD ,_PUN “_AJ0 as_CJS distinct_AJ0 from_PRP knowledge_NN1 of_PRF diseases_NN2 ._SENT ”_NN1 Health_NN1 crises_NN2 are_VBB always_AV0 deeply_AV0 connected_VVN to_PRP political_AJ0 ,_PUN social_AJ0 ,_PUN and_CJC economic_AJ0 realities_NN2 ._SENT 
The_AT0 COVID-19_AJ0 pandemic_AJ0 is_VBZ not_XX0 an_AT0 isolated_AJ0 or_CJC singular_AJ0 event_NN1 ._SENT It_PNP must_VM0 be_VBI seen_VVN within_PRP the_AT0 context_NN1 of_PRF another_DT0 pandemic_AJ0 —_PUN that_DT0 of_PRF extreme_AJ0 economic_AJ0 inequality_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP his_DPS COVID-19_AJ0 catechesis_NN1 messages_NN2 ,_PUN Pope_NP0 Francis_NP0 points_VVZ out_AVP that_DT0 “_NN1 the_AT0 pandemic_AJ0 has_VHZ exposed_VVN the_AT0 plight_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 poor_AJ0 and_CJC the_AT0 great_AJ0 inequality_NN1 that_CJT reigns_VVZ in_PRP the_AT0 world_NN1 ._SENT And_CJC the_AT0 virus_NN1 ,_PUN while_CJS it_PNP does_VDZ not_XX0 distinguish_VVI between_PRP people_NN0 ,_PUN has_VHZ found_VVN ,_PUN in_PRP its_DPS devastating_AJ0 path_NN1 ,_PUN great_AJ0 inequalities_NN2 and_CJC discrimination_NN1 ._SENT And_CJC it_PNP has_VHZ exacerbated_VVN them_PNP !_SENT ”_NP0 
While_CJS we_PNP have_VHB all_AV0 struggled_VVN over_PRP the_AT0 last_ORD two_CRD years_NN2 ,_PUN the_AT0 pandemic_AJ0 has_VHZ not_XX0 affected_VVN communities_NN2 equally_AV0 ._SENT Those_DT0 living_NN1 in_PRP poverty_NN1 are_VBB less_AV0 likely_AJ0 to_TO0 have_VHI jobs_NN2 with_PRP flexible_AJ0 remote_AJ0 working_AJ0 options_NN2 ,_PUN affordable_AJ0 child_NN1 care_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC sufficient_AJ0 healthcare_NN1 access_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS we_PNP widen_VVB our_DPS lens_NN1 globally_AV0 ,_PUN there_EX0 is_VBZ profoundly_AV0 unjust_AJ0 ,_PUN unequal_AJ0 access_NN1 to_PRP COVID-19_AJ0 vaccines_NN2 ._SENT According_VVG to_PRP the_AT0 New_AJ0 York_NP0 Times_NN2 ,_PUN 76_CRD percent_NN0 of_PRF doses_NN2 have_VHB been_VBN administered_VVN in_PRP high-_AJ0 or_CJC upper-middle_AJ0 income_NN1 countries_NN2 ._SENT As_CJS of_PRF November_NP0 2021_CRD ,_PUN more_AV0 than_CJS 53_CRD million_CRD doses_NN2 have_VHB been_VBN administered_VVN but_CJC only_AV0 8.2_CRD percent_NN0 of_PRF Africans_NN2 have_VHB had_VHN at_PRP least_AV0 one_CRD dose_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP Cameroon_NP0 ,_PUN only_AV0 0.6_CRD percent_NN0 of_PRF the_AT0 population_NN1 is_VBZ fully_AV0 vaccinated_VVN ._SENT 
Speaking_VVG virtually_AV0 to_PRP the_AT0 World_NN1 Meeting_NN1 of_PRF Popular_AJ0 Movements_NN2 ,_PUN Pope_NP0 Francis_NP0 implored_VVD pharmaceutical_AJ0 companies_NN2 ,_PUN in_PRP the_AT0 name_NN1 of_PRF God_NP0 ,_PUN “_NP0 to_TO0 release_VVI the_AT0 patents_NN2 ._SENT Make_VVB a_AT0 gesture_NN1 of_PRF humanity_NN1 and_CJC allow_VVB every_AT0 country_NN1 ,_PUN every_AT0 people_NN0 ,_PUN every_AT0 human_AJ0 being_NN1 ,_PUN to_TO0 have_VHI access_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 vaccines_NN2 ._SENT ”_NN1 Appealing_VVG to_PRP the_AT0 principles_NN2 of_PRF solidarity_NN1 and_CJC the_AT0 universal_AJ0 destination_NN1 of_PRF goods_NN2 ,_PUN Pope_NP0 Francis_NP0 has_VHZ consistently_AV0 called_VVN to_TO0 put_VVI people_NN0 over_PRP patents_NN2 ._SENT 
Without_PRP attention_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 deeper_AV0 political_AJ0 ,_PUN social_AJ0 ,_PUN and_CJC economic_AJ0 inequalities_NN2 ,_PUN our_DPS social_AJ0 sin_NN1 will_VM0 continue_VVI to_TO0 deepen_VVI ._SENT 
Right_AV0 now_AV0 ,_PUN we_PNP have_VHB a_AT0 choice_NN1 ,_PUN as_CJS the_AT0 pope_NN1 notes_NN2 ,_PUN as_CJS with_PRP any_DT0 crisis_NN1 :_PUN “_NP0 Either_AV0 we_PNP come_VVB out_AVP of_PRF it_PNP better_AV0 or_CJC we_PNP come_VVB out_AVP of_PRF it_PNP worse_AJC ._SENT ”_VVB This_DT0 choice_NN1 is_VBZ both_AV0 local_AJ0 and_CJC global_AJ0 ._SENT “_NN1 As_PRP science_NN1 and_CJC technology_NN1 develop_VVB ,_PUN our_DPS structural_AJ0 sin_NN1 deepens_VVZ ,_PUN ”_NP0 cautions_VVZ public_AJ0 health_NN1 and_CJC human_AJ0 rights_NN2 expert_NN1 Dr._NP0 Paul_NP0 Farmer_NP0 ._SENT The_AT0 development_NN1 of_PRF mRNA_NN1 vaccine_NN1 technology_NN1 represents_VVZ an_AT0 exciting_AJ0 moment_NN1 of_PRF discovery_NN1 ._SENT Similarly_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 World_NN1 Health_NN1 Organization_NN1 is_VBZ poised_VVN to_TO0 recommend_VVI widespread_AJ0 use_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 first_ORD vaccine_NN1 for_PRP malaria_NN1 ._SENT Yet_AV0 ,_PUN without_PRP attention_NN1 to_PRP deeper_AV0 political_AJ0 ,_PUN social_AJ0 ,_PUN and_CJC economic_AJ0 inequalities_NN2 ,_PUN our_DPS social_AJ0 sin_NN1 will_VM0 continue_VVI to_TO0 deepen_VVI ._SENT The_AT0 technical_AJ0 ability_NN1 to_TO0 prevent_VVI or_CJC cure_VVI COVID-19_NN1 or_CJC malaria_NN1 ,_PUN or_CJC even_AV0 HIV_NP0 /_PUN AIDS_NN1 alone_AV0 ,_PUN will_VM0 never_AV0 be_VBI enough_AV0 ._SENT 
In_PRP his_DPS tragically_AV0 brief_AJ0 time_NN1 as_PRP a_AT0 scholar_NN1 and_CJC priest_NN1 ,_PUN my_DPS friend_NN1 Jacquineau_NP0 worked_VVD for_PRP greater_AJC participation_NN1 by_PRP African_AJ0 communities_NN2 in_PRP building_NN1 systems_NN2 of_PRF public_AJ0 health_NN1 ._SENT Justice_NP0 can_VM0 only_AV0 be_VBI achieved_VVN from_PRP the_AT0 ground_NN1 up_AVP and_CJC with_PRP the_AT0 participation_NN1 of_PRF those_DT0 on_PRP the_AT0 margins_NN2 ._SENT African_AJ0 anthropology_NN1 rejects_VVZ an_AT0 individualistic_AJ0 vision_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 human_AJ0 condition_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC human_AJ0 relationality_NN1 is_VBZ one_CRD place_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP argued_VVD ,_PUN that_DT0 listening_VVG to_PRP the_AT0 African_AJ0 experience_NN1 would_VM0 help_VVI bring_VVI about_PRP greater_AJC justice_NN1 throughout_PRP the_AT0 world_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP this_DT0 moment_NN1 of_PRF liminality_NN1 ,_PUN we_PNP can_VM0 choose_VVI the_AT0 common_AJ0 good_NN1 ._SENT Technology_NN1 cannot_NN1 save_VVB us_PNP ,_PUN but_CJC it_PNP can_VM0 be_VBI placed_VVN in_PRP service_NN1 of_PRF building_VVG more_DT0 just_AJ0 communities_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 work_NN1 then_AV0 is_VBZ up_AVP to_PRP us_PNP ,_PUN locally_AV0 and_CJC globally_AV0 ,_PUN together_AV0 ._SENT 
