Pope Francis has created a new department focusing on helping migrants, caring for the environment and social justice, and has named African Cardinal Peter Turkson -- who some have tipped as a future Pope -- to lead it, the Catholic News website reports today (August 31, 2016).
Yesterday, Francis announced a new dicastery for "Promoting Human Development" which will be led by Cardinal Turkson, a 67-year-old Ghanaian who currently runs the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and is close to the Pope.
This week Cardinal Turkson condemned governments that fail to provide their people with access to water and earlier this year suggested the Church could review its teaching on what constitutes a just war.
His new dicastery has been given a wide-ranging brief, from unemployment to the death penalty, and has a green light from the Pope to collaborate with non-Catholic institutions.
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