Cardinal Turkson says church's policies are consistent

Peter Cardinal Appiah Turkson, the President of the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace, has said   consistency and coherence in the formulation of policies and their implementation in the Catholic Church were very important.

    

He said policies of the Catholic Church were not targeted to benefit the society now but also for future generations also.

    

Cardinal Turkson said this at a press briefing in Accra at the end of a four-day seminar of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in Accra on Tuesday.

   

He said the seminar was to address social issues affecting African countries and the world at large.

    

Cardinal Turkson said the seminar would also improve the lives of the people since steps had been taken to tackle economic, political and social problems.

    

He said because faith was not only to come from the mouth but also be put into practice, all branches of the Pontifical Council would try as much as possible to implement policies and decisions reached at the seminar in their various countries.

   

Cardinal Turkson gave the assurance that the basic principle of the Catholic Church, that is respect for human dignity and good, was at the forefront of every deliberation at the seminar.

    

The Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace was set up in 1967 to promote justice and peace in the world in accordance with the Gospel and the social teachings of the Catholic Church.

    

It also assembles and evaluates information and the results of research on justice and peace, the development of peoples and violations of human rights as well as heightens awareness on the need to promote peace.

    

The council is duplicated in all dioceses in the world, and serves as departments that monitor events that need immediate intervention.

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