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HIGHLIGHT IN
POPE FRANCIS, ANGELUS, Sunday, 1st September 2013
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Hello!Today, dear brothers and sisters, I wish to make add my voice to the cry which rises up with increasing anguish from every part of the world, from every people, from the heart of each person, from the one great family which is humanity: it is the cry for peace! It is a cry which declares with force: we want a peaceful world, we want to be men and women of ...
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'Ten days for peace' Hiroshima, 6-9 August 2013
Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson participated in the “Ten Days for Peace” commemorations organized by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan on the 68th anniversary of the dropping of atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The event follows up the Appeal for Peace made by Pope John Paul II when he visited Japan in 1981.
Responding to that appeal, every year the Japanese ...
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"Fraternity, the foundation and pathway to peace". This is the theme of the 47th World Day of Peace, the first during the pontificate of Pope Francis.
The World Day of Peace was an initiative of Pope Paul VI and it is celebrated on the first day of each year. The Message for the World Day of Peace is sent to particular churches and chancelleries all around the world, drawing attention to the essential value of peace and the need to work tirelessly in order to attain it. As the theme of his first Message for the World Day of Peace, Pope Francis ...
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World Congress of Catholic Universities (WCCU), Belo Horizonte, 18-21 July
The World Congress of Catholic Universities took place at PUC Minas, from July 18-21, 2013, on the Coração Eucarístico campus. The event brought together nearly two thousand people from various parts of the world before the 28th World Youth Day (WYD), which will be held from July 23-28 in Rio de Janeiro, with the presence of the Pope. On Saturday, 20th, Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson gave a ...
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Launch of the Brazilian edition of 'A Vocação do Líder Empresarial: Uma Reflexão' - Belo Horizonte, 19 July 2013
On July 19th, His Eminence Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson gave a speech on the theme "The vocation of the Business Leader: a reflection", during the Conference organized and co-sponsored by the “Associação de Dirigentes Cristãos de Empresa “(ADCE) of Brazil and the Congreso Mundial de Universidades Católicas (World Congress of Catholic Universities). The occasion was the launch of the ...
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Press Conference on the occasion of the Closing of the Process of the Diocesan Cause of Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God CARD. FRANÇOIS-XAVIER NGUYÊN VAN THUÂN - July 2, 2013.
At 11.30 am, on 2 July 2013, in the Etchegaray Hall, at the offices of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, took place the press conference on the occasion of the Closing of the Diocesan Process of Cause of Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Cardinal François-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan.
The speakers were S. E. Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson, President of the ...
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“Banking on the Common Good, Finance for the Common Good” – Rome, 13 May 2013.
The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, together with the International Association of Christian Business Executive (UNIAPAC), Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and World Institute of Savings Banks, is organizing a Colloquium on the theme “Banking on the Common Good, Finance for the Common Good” (13 May 2013) as a follow-up to the Reflections “Towards reforming the international financial and ...
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'The Living Legacy of Pacem in Terris' - Catholic University of America, 9 -10 April 2013
The Catholic University of America (Washington) organised a Conference “Peacebuilding 2013” on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Encyclical Pacem in Terris by Pope John XXIII. His Eminence Cardinal Peter Turkson gave a speech entitled "The Living Legacy of Pacem in Terris".
In his intervention, Cardinal Turkson recalled the dramatic geopolitical context which Pacem in terris ...
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'Over the past 30 years since the discovery of HIV, how has the Catholic Church responded throughout the world?' - Michael Czerny, sj
Dr. Michael Czerny S.J., founding Director of the African Jesuit AIDS Network and now assisting His Eminence Card. Peter Turkson, intervened during the international Conference "Catholic Responses to AIDS in Southern Africa, 30 years after the discovery of HIV" held at St Joseph’s Theological Institute, Cedara, South Africa, on 20 January 2013.
Posted here is his keynote address entitled ...
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'Vocation of the Business Leader: A Reflection' (Arabic edition)
The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, in collaboration with UNIAPAC, has published the Arabic edition of the book "Vocation of the Business Leader: A Reflection" .
The text in Arabic
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"Water. An essential element for life "- LEV, pp.121
Libreria Editrice Vaticana has published the book "Water. An essential element for life. "
The book, edited by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, is available in bookstores in Rome and at our offices (€ 10 pp. 121) - order form - and collects the contributions of the Holy See on the occasion of the World Water Forum of Kyoto (2003), Mexico City (2006), Istanbul (2009) and ...
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COMPENDIUM OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH (updated list of languages)
PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE
COMPENDIUM
OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE
OF THE CHURCH
Updated list of languages available on the web page of the Holy See: [Albanian, Byelorussian, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili, Ukrainian, ...
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HOMILY HELPS INCORPORATING THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH (97) Solemnity of Christ the King
Preaching the good news of the Social Doctrine of the Church HOMILY HELPSINCORPORATING THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH
Solemnity of Christ the King
The author of the homilies is Msgr. ...
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