How the top African Cardinal in Vatican Abruptly Offered Resignation to Pope – Sources
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson , seen by some as a candidate to become the first African pope in about 1,500 years, has abruptly offered his resignation from a key Vatican department, sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
Turkson, 73, from Ghana, has been a key adviser to Pope Francis on issues such as climate change and social justice and is the only African to head a Vatican department.
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According to the Vatican sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the pope has yet to decide whether to accept the resignation.
Turkson heads a large Vatican department known as the Dicastery for Integral Human Development. It was formed in 2016 to merge four offices that dealt with issues such as peace, justice, migration, and charities.
Reports said Turkson, who is about two years shy of the mandatory retirement age of 75 for bishops, had become “fed up” with internal disputes.
