African Cardinal Will Lead Justice and Peace Council
Zenit News Agency
10/27/2009, by Jesús Colina
Cardinal Turkson is one of the top Biblical scholars in Africa with a doctorate from the Pontifical Biblical Institute. VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) - Benedict XVI named Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, the archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana, and the first cardinal of that country, as the president of ...
Pontiff Urges African Church to Have Courage
Zenit News Agency
10/27/2009
Benedict XVI is encouraging the Church in Africa to have courage and embark on a new evangelization of the continent. VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) - Benedict XVI is encouraging the Church in Africa to have courage and embark on a new evangelization of the continent.
The Pope said this today at the ...
Pope fills Justice and Peace Post with African Cardinal
Catholic News Agency
10/27/2009
The Ghanaian cardinal is often described as a rising star in Church circles. VATICAN CITY (CNA) - Pope Benedict XVI has tapped Cardinal Peter Turkson from Cape Coast, Ghana on Saturday to serve as the new head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Cardinal Turkson will replace Cardinal ...
‘Rise up!’ Pope Benedict tells Africa at Close of Synod
Catholic News Agency
10/27/2009
I encourage you with the words of the Lord Jesus: You are the salt and light of the beloved African land! VATICAN CITY (CNA) - Pope Benedict XVI’s homily for the close of the Synod of Bishops for Africa concluded with him saying that the Lord of history does not tire of renewing oppressed humanity ...
Special: In the Congo, Rape is being used as a weapon of war
Catholic Online
10/20/2009, by Randy Sly
During 12 years of conflict in the Congo the most significant victims are women and girls who 'are shot from the inside'. WASHINGTON, D.C. (Catholic Online) – A different form of terrorism is ravaging the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo – rape. According to United Nations estimates, over ...
Synod Puts Hope in African Youth
Zenit News Agency
10/15/2009
In the World Youth Days, he said, these young people become "considerable witnesses of reconciliation'. VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) - The main treasure of Africa is its young people, but they need protection from those who would force them into lives as child soldiers or prostitutes, the bishops of ...
Synod Decries Planned Parenthood in Africa
Zenit News Agency
10/15/2009
Attacks on marriage and the family in Africa can be characterized as a 'ferocious onslaught' said Cardinal Peter Turkson, the archbishop of Cape Coast. VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) - Attacks on marriage and the family in Africa can be characterized as a "ferocious onslaught," according to the ...
Women Seen as Key to Africa's Transformation
Zenit News Agency
10/14/2009
Laypeople, especially women, have a special vocation to transform African society from within. VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) - Laypeople, especially women, have a special vocation to transform African society from within, said the president-general of the Secular Institute of Missionaries of the Kingdom ...
Archbishop Burke: Catholic Teaching on Marriage Essential for Justice
Zenit News Agency
10/14/2009
Church's teachings on marriage are fundamental to her role as the 'mirror of justice in the world'. VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) - The Church's teachings on marriage are fundamental to her role as the "mirror of justice in the world," according to Archbishop Raymond Burke.
Archbishop Burke, prefect ...
Congolese Bishop Leaves Synod: Church Burned, Priests Abducted
Zenit News Agency
10/8/2009, by Jesús Colina
The synod fathers were quick to express their solidarity with the archbishop. VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) - As the assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops takes place in the Vatican, an archbishop from the continent is leaving early to face the very real "enemies of peace" plaguing his ...
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