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VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The highest-ranking African prelate at the Vatican resigned from his post, but it’s up to Pope Francis to decide the next step.

In his annual message for the World Day of Peace, Pope Francis calls for an decrease in military spending, greater investment in education, and care for the environment.

Cardinal Peter Turkson, the prefect of the dicastery for Integral Human Development, has confirmed that he has offered to step down upon completion of his five-year term.

Peter Turkson, 73, from Ghana, is a key adviser to Pope Francis on climate change and social justice and is the only African to head a Vatican department.

Cardinal Peter Turkson, the prefect of the dicastery for Integral Human Development, plans to resign, according to multiple Italian media reports.

Pope Francis calls on the worlds leaders to pull together to fight global warming

The Holy Father to participants in the International Conference

In a statement released for World Fisheries Day, which is observed on November 21, the Vatican dicastery for Integral Human Development called attention to human-rights abuses in fishing fleets.

Inspired especially by Pope Francis encyclical on human dialogue, Fratelli Tutti, the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology in Cambridge and the Yuan Dao Study Society of Hong Kong are launching their second year of collaborative seminars, represented by Rev Peter Choy, Dr Christine ...

The Supreme Court of Cassation in Rome, Italy. / Sergio D’Afflitto via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0 it). Vatican City, Oct 14, 2021 / 06:30 am (CNA). Italy’s Supreme Court has overturned an arrest warrant against a broker wanted in Italy and the Vati...