#turkson

[alwaysunnyequine]

good boy, pablo

[mcvan]

OK @ the #Turkson's #Thanksgiving service @Kaneshie St Joseph Anglican Church. https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Lc32RJjJr/?igshid=h1xxty55n8zc

[sorcererniles]

@tukson said:

Thank you so much!

No problem man ^_^ Can’t wait to see what you come up with =D

[catholicliberalblog]

Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, will speak at the World Food Prize 2013 Borlaug Dialogue in Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 16-18. The event will include a ceremony to honor this year's recipients of the prize: three scientists (among them a Monsanto executive and the founder of Syngenta Biotechnology) for GMO, or genetically modified organism, discoveries... There have been two major conferences in Rome on biotechnology hosted by the Catholic church and sponsored in part by Monsanto. The first one, in 2004, was at the Pontifical Gregorian University, and the second one, hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, was in 2008. In neither case was the official teaching of the church or policy involved. After the second conference, which was totally one-sided, the publication that ensued was identified as the product of the participants, not of the academy. But such nuances were lost on the public, which does not differentiate who speaks for whom in the Holy See. Monsanto promoted the meetings as the Vatican's endorsement of biotechnology. Keep in mind that Monsanto has spent millions of dollars proclaiming itself on the radio, television, in posters and ads, as being an exemplar of sustainable agriculture. Turkson should use this opportunity to set the record straight about Monsanto, as well as about climate change, world hunger and nutrition. The company has put many competitors in the seed markets out of business, so comments on capitalism coming from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace would have a particular relevance and deserve application in this instance.

David Andrews - Cardinal's Food Prize speech a good opportunity for truth

I didn't realize that Monsanto was influencing the Catholic Church! Is there anywhere that there money can't reach?

[todoleo]

Yes We Vati-Can! Loving this Paddy Power advert! #pope #conclave #paddy #power #arinze #turkson

[thepotentiallyreverend]

What are your conclave predictions?

Let me preface by saying that Conclaves are notoriously difficult to predict. With that said, here are my predictions—don’t go to the betting tables with them, though! (I’m sure there’s a provision in Cannon Law against such a thing anyhow).

My prediction is that Cardinal Peter Turkson will be elected in a 3-day Conclave and will take the name Paul VII. OK, I’m reallly not sure about the length and name he would take but hey, let me give you 3 predictions for the price of one.

Why Turkson? Turkson is a staunch Conservative. I don’t think anyone is questioning that this conclave is going to elect a staunch Conservative, as a good majority of the electors are rather Conservative, and that’s the direction the worldwide RCC is generally going at the moment. Turkson also comes from Africa, whose RCC population has been growing rapidly in recent years while the number of adherents has fallen elsewhere.

More practically speaking, he’s a charismatic figure with a good head on his shoulders (though not the intellectual heavyweight of Benedict XVI or Cardinal Bagnasco). He also knows 8 languages. More importantly, he has proven a capable administrator, and has a good grasp of the financial world and has even put forth proposals for the formation of a world bank. 

Although the Cardinal-electors of this Conclave will not be interested in electing a man who will change doctrine, they will be interested in a man who can change the way the Vatican operates administratively, and help deal with the messes that have presented themselves in the recent decades—like the many issues with the Vatican bank.

In short, Turkson checks all of the boxes in terms of what I think the electors will be looking for in this Conclave. We’ll have to see what happens, though—this is far from a sure thing!

[thehistoryfix]

 The Last African Pope

Pope St. Gelasius (A.D. 492-496)

Little is known about the origins of this saintly fifth-century pope, but the records indicate that he was either from Africa or born in Rome to an African family.  Thus, Pope St. Gelasius was the third and last African pope.  The others were Pope St. Victor I (A.D. 189-99) and Pope St. Militiades (A.D. 311-14).

Contrary to the claims of some commentators, however, none of these popes were "black," i.e. Sub-saharan African.  These popes were from North Africa (the present-day Maghreb), which was populated by the native Berbers (many of whom were Romanized or Hellenized) as well as Roman colonists.  

Thus, if the papabile Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson is elected pope, he would be the first black pope, but the fourth African.  

Image: A Modern Print of Pope St. Gelasius.  

  For more on the history of North Africa see the previous post "Abd al-Qadr: Hero of Algeria, Frenemy of France, International Celebrity."

[gazetaoriental]

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson

Country: Ghana

Position: President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Age: 63

Likelihood: Highest odds according to Paddy Power: 2/1, which seems way high to us even though he is a very strong candidate. 

What His Election Would Mean: That the Cardinals recognize the future isn't in Benedict's Europe but in the explosive growth of the Church in the "global South"

Reasons He'll Get Elected: He is a superstar in the College of Cardinals, a great communicator, and symbol of the global reach of the Church. 

Reasons He Might Not Get Elected: The Catholic Church in Africa can be very disconnected from the Church that the majority of the European Cardinals live in. In Africa the top issues aren't sexual politics and theological disputes, they are exorcism, animism, the growth of Islam, and condemnation of Western economic policy. 

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-man-who-will-be-the-next-pope-2012-4?op=1#ixzz2KdXox15i

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