Cardinal Peter Turkson

Vatican urges disarmament in recovery from COVID-19
- Jul 7, 2020
On Tuesday the Vatican COVID-19 taskforce issued a call for global disarmament during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, and investment in what they said are peacemaking measures such as healthcare, food security and the environment.

By Elise Ann Allen
Vatican official visits Roma community, delivers supplies to volunteers
- Jun 15, 2020
Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, brought medicine and supplies to a Roma community settlement as a sign of support for those who are often forgotten during the coronavirus pandemic.

By Junno Arocho Esteves
Hope in post-pandemic world can only be achieved together, cardinal says
- Jun 9, 2020
The mandate given by Pope Francis to the Vatican’s coronavirus commission was to prepare a future full of hope amid chaos and uncertainty, Cardinal Peter Turkson said.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

DC archbishop doubles down on criticism of Trump shrine visit
- Jun 6, 2020
A Georgetown University online conversation discussed the ongoing national protests over the continued killings of unarmed black individuals by the police in recent weeks.

By Christopher White
Cardinal suggests U.S. cities hold prayer events to promote healing
- Jun 3, 2020
With anger and frustration still high in the United States over the death of George Floyd, religious leaders should organize ecumenical and interreligious prayer initiatives to bring people together and promote healing, said a top Vatican official.

By Carol Glatz
Cardinal calls for sense of urgency as Laudato Si’ turns five
- Jun 2, 2020
When a baby cries, parents leave everything and try to stop their baby from crying: Where is that same urgency when it comes to the cries of the earth and the poor? That was the challenge posed by Cardinal Peter Turkson to an online conference on Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’s 2015 ecological encyclical.

By Nick Mayrand