Fede anima della giustizia - Cultural Centre Alphonse Commod - Aosta, Italy, 15 December 2012 On December 15, 2012, His Eminence Card. Peter K. A. Turkson, gave a presentation on the theme: Faith, soul of Justice, at the Cultural Centre Alphonse Commod, in Aosta, Italy. The programme of the event The text (in Italian, original ...
Third International Conference on Human Rights Education (HRE)-Cracow, 6-10 December 2012 The Third International Conference on Human Rights Education (HRE) was held in Cracow , Poland, at the Jagiellonian University, from 6-10 December 2012. The important meeting (as stated in the Introduction on the official website http://www.hre2012.uj.edu.pl) focused on both theoretical and practical issues faced by human practitioners in various parts of the world, had a special focus on ...
IX International Trinitarian Congress 'Granada 2012' In Granada, Spain, on November 22, 2012, the IX International Trinitarian Congress "Granada 2012" on the theme"Persecution and martyrdom for the faith and commitment to the Gospel" took place. The President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Peter K. A. Card. Turkson, spoke on Religious freedom, fundamental right, as a way to peace . We publish the text of the ...
'Religious Freedom and Christians Suffering Discrimination and Persecution', Pan-European Working Group of the European Parliament, 20 November 2012. We publish the Address of His Eminence Cardinal Peter Turkson to the Pan-European Working Group of the European Parliament, on the occasion of the Meeting held on 20 November 2012. Once a month during the Strasbourg plenary of the European Parliament, the Working Group - founded by Otto von Habsburg in 1985 - invites personalities from politics, business, religions and culture to address ...
30th Anniversary of the death of Msgr. Roger Heckel- Strasbourg, 19 November 2012 On November 19, 2012, His Eminence Peter Cardinal Turkson celebrated a solemn Mass in the Crypt of the Cathedral of Strasbourg, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the death of St. E. Bishop Roger Heckel, s.j., Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg. Bishop Heckel was Under-Secretary (1975-77) and Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace (1977-1980). He had been Director of ...
Cardinal Turkson: “For me to attack Islam would be to attack my own family” - Interview with Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson on Vaticaninsider - La Stampa.it Reprinted below an interview with His Eminence Cardinal Peter Turkson by the Vatican expert Gerard O´Connell, which appeared on vaticaninsider.lastampa.it, on Sunday, 21 October. In an exclusive interview, the Cardinal regrets showing a controversial video to the synod and explains his rationale for doing so.Gerard O´Connell Rome “For me to attack Islam would be to attack my own family. I ...
Doctorate honoris causa to His Eminence Peter K. A. Card. Turkson - 28 September 2012 On September 28, 2012, the Chancellor of Saint Paul University, The Most Reverend Terrence Prendergast, and the Rector, Dr. Chantal Beauvais,conferred the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to His Eminence Cardinal Peter K. A. Turskon, in Laframboise Chapel of the Saint Paul University in Ottawa (Canada). The ceremony took place during the Conference "Vatican II for the Next Generation", ...
Being witnesses of Jesus Christ in Africa today: Pan-African Congress for the Catholic Laity, Yaoundè (Cameroon), 4-9 Sept. 2012 The Pan–African Congress of Catholic Laity was organised by the Pontifical Council for the Laity under the theme: “Being Witnesses of Jesus Christ in Africa Today: Salt of the earth ...light of the world (Mt. 5:13-14)”. This continental Congress was held at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 4-9 September, 2012. Among the important topics covered by the ...
'The Geopolitics of solidarity: from local to global' - Rome 24-25 November 2011 On 24-25 November 2011 the fourth meeting of the International Seminar founded by Giuseppe Vedovato took place in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. The conference entitled "The Geopolitics of solidarity: from local to global" was held at the Faculty of Social Sciences, "Giuseppe Vedovato” Permanent Seminar on Ethics in the International Relations. His ...
XIII World Congress of the International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care (ICCPPC)-Intervention of H. Em. Peter K. A. Card. Turkson International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care (ICCPPC) Thirteenth World Congressin cooperation with SECAMon the theme of “Catholic Prison Ministry Working for JUSTICE, PEACE and RECONCILIATION” 28 August – 1 September 2011Yaoundé, Cameroon *************************************** KEYNOTE Justice, peace and reconciliation for and with the marginalized:a challenge for the ...
