Popular Movements Regional Meeting : 17-21 February, Modesto, California USA
The first U.S. regional World Meeting of Popular Movements took place in Modesto, California from February 16 to...
2016
25th World Day of the Sick: Call to holiness also in time of sickness - Lourdes, 10 February, 2017
On the occasion of the 25th World Day of the Sick, the Prefect of our Dicastery, Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson, went on...
Kids they are, not slaves! Voices of women against trafficking of girls, boys and adolescents (Rome, 3 February 2017)
Today, February 8, 2017 - Feast of St. Bakhita - we celebrate the Third WORLD DAY OF PRAYER AND AWARENESS AGAINST...
First appointments for the New Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development - 14 December 2016
The Holy Father appointed:
- Fr. Michael Czerny, S.J., and Fr. Fabio Baggio, C.S., as under-secretaries of the...
Review Conference Holy See Initiative in Response to Ebola Virus Disease and Strategic Planning on Catholic Church Response to Zika Epidemic (Rome, 9 - 10 December 2016)
Introductory Remarks by His Eminence Card. Peter K. A. Turkson at the Lessons Learned Review Conference Holy See...
International Conference "Business Leaders as agents of social and inclusive economy" (17-18 November 2016)
The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, together with the International Christian Union of the Business...
Our dear Sr. Marjorie Keenan passed away
On November 14, 2016, in Tarrytown, New York, Sr. Marjorie Keenan (sr. Gailhac) RSHM, died at the age of 87. She was a...
Cardinal Peter Turkson at German-African Healthcare Symposium (October 12th, 2016 - Berlin)
The 3rd German-African Healthcare Symposium on October 12th in Berlin tool place directly after and in cooperation with...
EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY: THE CHALLENGE OF MIGRATIONS (Krakow, 21-22 September 2016)
The initiative of the Series of conferences on the role of the Catholic Church in the process of European integration...
Launch of the UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2016 - 21 September 2016
On September 21 2016, in the Sala Marconi of Vatican Radio headquarters, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace...
Vocation of the Business Leader in Chinese is now available
The Chinese edition of the bestseller Vocation of the Business Leader has recently been published by the...
The theme for the 50th World Day of Peace (1st January 2017)
«Non-Violence: A Style of Politics for Peace»
Pope Francis announces the theme for the 50th World Day of...
Information on the 14th Anniversary of the death of the Servant of God Card. Van Thuan
The 14th anniversary of the death of the Servant of God Card. François Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân takes place on 16...
APOSTOLIC LETTER ISSUED MOTU PROPRIO BY POPE FRANCIS instituting the Dicastery for promoting Integral Human Development
In all her being and actions, the Church is called to promote the integral development of the human...
6 and 9 August 2016: 71st Anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A message
August 6th and 9th mark the 71st anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Twenty years ago, on...
Card. Turkson: Pope's envoy in South Sudan in pursuit of peace-building
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a special envoy to South Sudan to urge for an end to violence...
Second Conference on Impact Investing, 26-28 June 2016
In 2014, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and Catholic Relief Services convened the First Vatican...
1st anniversary of the Encyclical Letter Laudato Si' - 20 June 2016
One year after the publication of the papal encyclical "Laudato Si' ", on 20 June 2016, at the Church of...
Global Seminar on "Sustainable Development and the Future of Work"
2-5 May 2016 - Rome
Global Seminar on "Sustainable Development and the Future of Work in the Context of...
Cardinal Turkson in Iran, 6 February 2016
On Saturday 6 February 2016, Cardinal Peter Turkson attended a conference on the role of revealed religions...
Second International Day of Awareness and Prayer against Human Trafficking (8 February, 2016)
On February the 8th, 2016 we will celebrate the Second International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human...
“The Eucharist and the Care for Creation” - 51° International Eucharistic Congress - Cebu, Philippines, 27 January 2016
At the 51° International Eucharistic Congress in Cebu, Philippines, Cardinal Peter Turkson’s catechesis on the...