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Pope Francis has named Cardinal Peter Turkson chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Cardinal Turkson, pictured in a Feb. 11, 2022, photo, succeeds Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, who will be 80 in September. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope Francis gives new Vatican role to Cardinal Turkson

Catholic News Agency|Apr 4, 2022|2 Min Read

Cardinal Peter Turkson, left, Cardinal Michael Czerny and Salesian Sister Alessandra Smerilli are seen in this composite photo. Pope Francis accepted Cardinal Turkson's resignation as prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development Dec. 23, 2021, and has asked Cardinal Michael Czerny and Salesian Sister Alessandra Smerilli to oversee the dicastery until a new prefect is named. (CNS photos/Paul Haring)

Pope names Cardinal Czerny interim head of dicastery

Cindy Wooden|Dec 23, 2021|3 Min Read

Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, participates in a news conference to unveil a new platform for action based on Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si', at the Vatican in this May 25, 2021, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Cardinal Turkson says he offered to resign at end of his term

Cindy Wooden|Dec 20, 2021|4 Min Read

Solar panels are seen on the roof of the Paul VI audience hall at the Vatican in this Dec. 1, 2010, file photo. In a videomessage, Pope Francis told the Virtual Climate Ambition Summit that Vatican City is aiming for net zero carbon emissions. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope says Vatican City will aim for net-zero carbon emissions

Carol Glatz|Dec 14, 2020|2 Min Read

Smoke and steam billow from Poland's Belchatow Power Station Dec. 5, 2018. When it comes to caring for creation, there is a slight disconnect between the pope's call for urgent action and the slow or lack of action by most Catholics, says Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. (CNS photo/Kacper Pempel, Reuters)

World

Cardinal sees disconnect between pope, most Catholics on sustainability

Carol Glatz|Dec 9, 2020|4 Min Read

In this file photo, Participants take a group photo with Cardinal Peter Turkson, center, before he delivers the keynote address at the U.S. Regional World Meeting of Popular Movements at Central Catholic High School in Modesto, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. (Andy Alfaro/The Modesto Bee, AP via Crux)

Popular movements meeting supported by Francis presents proposals for new economic system

Inés San Martín|Oct 26, 2020|4 Min Read

A file photo shows a shopper paying with a euro bank note at a market in Nice, France. (CNS photo/Eric Gaillard, Reuters)

Can the coronavirus help the pope’s push for a more ‘Franciscan’ economy?

Elise Ann Allen|Sep 7, 2020|6 Min Read

Tourists take a selfie with Mont Blanc in the background in the resort area of Chamonix, France, July 20, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Denis Balibouse, Reuters)

Vatican cardinal promotes rural tourism as sector projected to lose billions

Hannah Brockhaus|Aug 7, 2020|3 Min Read

A file photo shows U.S. military personnel working on an F/A-18E Super Hornet as an aircraft carrier conducts drills in the South China Sea. (CNS photo/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gabriel A. Martinez, U.S. Navy, ABACAPRESS.COM via Reuters)

Vatican task force calls for an end to arms production

Carol Glatz|Jul 7, 2020|4 Min Read

Protesters pray together during a protest at Memorial Plaza in Phoenix June 2, 2020, following the death of George Floyd, an African American man who was taken into custody by Minneapolis police and later died at a Minneapolis hospital. (CNS photo/Rob Schumacher, The Republic, USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters)

Vatican cardinal urges forgiveness, justice in response to George Floyd killing

Catholic News Agency|Jun 3, 2020|3 Min Read

Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. (Paul Haring/CNS via Crux)

Vatican cardinal stirs controversy by saying it’s time to ‘exit’ abuse scandals

Elise Ann Allen|Oct 11, 2019|4 Min Read

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