Colder and Wiser: You are correct-Pope Francis did recommend that Catholics get the jab. Keep in mind, though Francis is the leader of the Catholic Church, he is not God, but rather man. He has also said and done many heretical things that are truly against the teachings of the church (but I'll save that for another post). There are plenty of others in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church that are vehemently opposed to getting the jab, I'd refer you to study some of the writings/videos of Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigiano, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Bishop Strickland, and many others. I'd also reference the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. While it does allow for covid vaccinations, it also states:
Voluntary vaccination
At the same time, the Congregation recalls that “vaccination is not, as a rule, a moral obligation and that, therefore, it must be voluntary.”
The morality of vaccination, it notes, depends both on the duty to protect one’s own health and the pursuit of the common good. “In the absence of other means to stop or even prevent the epidemic, the common good may recommend vaccination, especially to protect the weakest and most exposed.”
Those who for reasons of conscience reject vaccines produced with cell lines from aborted fetuses, however, must “do their utmost to avoid, by other prophylactic means and appropriate behavior, becoming vehicles for the transmission of the infectious agent.”
I have plenty of Catholic friends whom have chosen to get the jab, and I have plenty of Catholic friends that have chosen not to get the jab-for the reasons I've mentioned. I don't judge any of them, as they need to follow their moral conscious, but so do I, and mine prohibits me from being injected by any of three currently available jabs.