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Cardinal Peter Turkson, of Cape Coast, Ghana has been named to be president of the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace by Pope Benedict XVI 24 October at a special meeting in the Vatican to promote peace and justice in Africa. Cardinal Turkson,61, is Ghana’s first cardinal.
The justice and peace council was formed after the Second Vatican Council to promote peace and justice in the world by working with other groups, Catholic or not, to attain those objectives. Cardinal Turkson is considered a leading light in Vatican circles. He studied theology at St. Anthony-on-the-Hudson in Rensselaer, New York. He was ordained archbishop of Cape Coast at the age of 44. Catholic News Service, Catholic Online
