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Turkson’s assignment to Integral Human Development is pretty far removed from faith and morals. Worse still, his comments run contrary to Canon Law.

The Pope on Monday sent $75,000 to the flood-affected communities in South Sudan, the Vatican reported.

Pope Francis has sent financial aid to South Sudanese affected by devastating floods and to residents in areas of Greece where fires destroyed vast ...

Cardinal Peter Turkson, the prefect of the dicastery of Integral Human Development, told the National Catholic Reporter that President Joe Biden should not be denied Communion.

Pope Francis launches a powerful appeal for people to get inoculated with approved Covid-19 vaccines

(RNS) — The declaration comes as U.S. Catholics debate religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Quoting both Pope Francis and his predecessor, Benedict XVI, the Vatican’s point man on human development defined hunger as “criminal” and access to food as an “an inalienable right” during an online seminar Monday.

Rome, May 28 (Prensa Latina) Participants in a high-level virtual Seminar organized by FAO on Thursday advocated for a differentiated treatment of indigenous, Afro-descendant and migrant populations regarding climate change.

Pope Francis arrives to lead his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peters square at the Vatican January 31, 2018. | REUTERS/Tony Gentile Pope Francis announced a seven-year action platform to achieve a “fully sustainable” future and prepare a “better tomorrow for all” through collaborating to restore the Earth’s “original beauty” in a new ecological initiative.  The Laudato Si Action Platform launched Tuesday is a “seven-year journey” to help co...

May 25, 2021 The Vatican has unveiled a 7-year “action platform” to generate environmental action, as suggested by the encyclical Laudato Si’. The “action program” was announced by dicastery for Integral Human Development on May 25, as the Vatican concluded a year devoted to the encyclical, which was published by Pope Francis in 2015. Pope Francis, who has strongly urged concrete action to support his encyclical, said that such initiatives are needed in the face of “an ecological c...