Cardinal Peter Turkson Archives

Vatican publishes document on right to water access

Mar 31, 2020

Access to clean water is an essential human right that must be defended and protected, the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development said in a new document.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Pandemic a time of understanding value of brotherhood, cardinal says

Mar 12, 2020

While the coronavirus pandemic gripping the world highlights the frailty of human life, it is also an opportunity for people to unite in solidarity, a Vatican official said.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Returning from Davos, Vatican official speaks of ‘hopeful’ change in world leaders

Feb 9, 2020

Jesuit Father Augusto Zampini Davies – the director of development and faith at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development since its creation in 2016 – says caring for justice, peace, inclusion, solidarity, healthcare and the environment are all Gospel values.

By Inés San Martín

Church agencies meet on Colombia-Venezuelan border to coordinate aid

Feb 4, 2020

Bishops, Catholic aid groups and representatives of the Holy See met on the border between Colombia and Venezuela in late January to review how the Church has been helping thousands of people who are leaving Venezuela each day in desperate conditions.

By Manuel Rueda

Vatican calls Greta Thunberg ‘great witness’ of Church’s environmental teaching

Dec 12, 2019

On Thursday top Vatican officials hailed Swedish teen Greta Thunberg, recently named TIME Magazine’s “Person of the Year” for her environmental advocacy, as a “great witness” of Church teaching on care for creation and the human person.

By Elise Harris

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

Oct 11, 2019

When a top papal advisor earlier this week suggested that Catholic prelates should stop apologizing to clerical abuse survivors, in order to lift the “cloud” of scandal hanging over the Church, it offered a clear illustration of the pressures the abuse crisis has generated – both on victims and Church officials.

By Elise Harris