.Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, speaks to graduates at the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, Ind., May 1, 2021. (CNS photo/BFA Commercial Photography via University of St. Francis)
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (CNS) The head of the Vatican s justice, peace and human development efforts urged over 700 graduates of the University of St. Francis to follow the example of their school s namesake and the advice of the pope who shares his name. Consider what impact you make in life, said Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. He urged graduates to be sowers of hope in his May 1 address at the commencement ceremony at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne.
Cardinal Turkson urges graduates to impact troubled world
Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, speaks to graduates at the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, Ind., May 1, 2021. (CNS photo/BFA Commercial Photography via University of St. Francis)
By Don Clemmer • Catholic News Service • Posted May 3, 2021
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (CNS) The head of the Vatican’s justice, peace and human development efforts urged over 700 graduates of the University of St. Francis to follow the example of their school’s namesake and the advice of the pope who shares his name.
“Consider what impact you make in life,” said Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. He urged graduates to be “sowers of hope” in his May 1 address at the commencement ceremony at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne.
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Graduates of the University of Saint Francis in the class of 2020 and the class of 2021 were exhorted Saturday to make an impact during a combined com .
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