Never seen as an ambitious cleric, Cardinal Turkson, when asked if a black man should become pope, replied with a laconic "Why not?". Consequently, he said, villages are wiped out. Cardinal Turkson: The “conscience of the Church” The 64-year-old president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Peter Turkson, is considered sophisticated, still down to earth. [10], In October 2011 Cardinal Turkson called for the establishment of a "global public authority" and a "central world bank" to rule over financial institutions that have become outdated and often ineffective in dealing fairly with crises. His late parents hailed from Nyanfeku Ekroful, a village near Abora Dunkwa in the Abora-Asebu-Kwamankese District of the Central Region. Cardinal Turkson has taught in many seminaries and educational institutions, including the St. Peter's Seminary, Pedu, the Major Seminary at Anyama in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, the University of Cape Coast and the Holy Child School In Cape Coast. try again, the name must be unique, Show{{#moreThan3_total}} {{value_total}} {{/moreThan3_total}} comments, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful No, I don't know who that might be. The Pope Is Not Gay by Angelo Quattrocchi, an irreverent look at homophobia in the Catholic church; Cardinal Turkson has steered clear of the merciless infighting indulged in by some cardinals, which has caused Pope Benedict to remind them of the words of St Paul: "If you bite and devour one another, take heed that you are not consumed by one another.". In precedence, the Ghanaian stands just a few places behind the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, Keith O'Brien, and the semi-retired former archbishop of Westminster, Cormac Murphy-O'Connor. Knowing the implication of such promotion, the first Ghanaian Cardinal may not have sanctioned the printing and circulation of such posters, but it has aroused the interest of the Black race, that the time has come for them to also head the Roman Catholic Church, which has been dominated by the Europeans, for well over thousand years. The document condemned "the idolatry of the market" as well as "neo-liberal thinking" that looked exclusively at technical solutions to economic problems. He has also held many offices, including Honorary President of the World Council of Religions for Peace (WCRP). Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation has opened the door for Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson of Ghana to become the next pontiff. John Paul II created Turkson Cardinal-Priest of S. Liborio in his final consistory of 21 October 2003. [16], Ahead of the World Meeting of Families 2018 in Dublin, Turkson was announced as Homilist at the Opening Ceremony at the Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin.
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