Pope Francis is giving "very strong recognition" to a landmark conference held at the Vatican last spring that called on the global Catholic church to reject its long-held teachings on just war theory ...

Cardinal Turkson, who speaks six languages, became the first president of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development in 2016 after his pontifical council was merged into the new body along ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana, key advisor to the Pope and the only African to head a Vatican department, has abruptly offered ...

ACCRA, GhanaACCRA, Ghana — Often cast as the social conscience of the church, Ghana’s Cardinal Peter Turkson is viewed by many as the top African contender for pope. The 64-year-old head of the ...

The new pope's personal example and clear insistence that the church needs to focus on "the periphery of society" -- the poor, the vulnerable, the marginalized -- "would mean that we [in the Curia, ...

Ghana’s Cardinal Peter Turkson is currently the Irish favorite to come in and replace Pope Benedict XVI’s vacant seat in the Vatican following his surprise resignation. Reuters reports that Irish ...

Born on October 11, 1948, in Wassaw Nsuta, Ghana, Turkson is the fourth of ten children. His father was a carpenter, and his mother sold vegetables, grounding him in humble roots. He studied theology ...