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 The 84-year-old pope and the 93-year-old former pope, got their jabs
as part of a Vatican vaccination program that began on Wednesday.
Both men are vulnerable to contracting the virus because of their
age.
Francis is perhaps more at risk because part of one of his lungs was
removed following an illness when he was a young man in his native
Argentina.
Benedict is frail and suffering from a number of ailments related to
old age, such as arthritis.
There have been fewer than 30 cases of coronavirus in the Vatican
City, most of them among the Swiss Guard, who live in a communal
barracks.
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 Pope Francis said at the
weekend that everyone should get a jab. "It is
an ethical choice because you are gambling with
your health, with your life, but you are also
gambling with the lives of others," he told
Italy's Canale 5 TV station.
(Reporting by Philip Pullella; Editing by
Crispian Balmer)
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