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Top African Cardinal In Vatican Offers Resignation Without Reason by iampeterben(m): 12:46pm On Dec 19, 2021
Cardinal Peter 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, Reuters report.

According to the Vatican sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the pope has yet to decide whether to accept the resignation or not.

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.

Further reports said Turkson had told staff he would say more after the pope made his decision.

His departure would leave the Vatican with no African heading a major department, following the retirement of Cardinal Robert Sarah of Guinea earlier this year.

Turkson’s department underwent an external review headed by Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago at the pope’s request earlier this year.

His offer to resign follows two high-level departures from the department over the summer, one because of retirement and another sudden and unexplained.

The Catholic Church had several popes of North African origin early in its history, the last in the 5th century.

Even if he leaves his Vatican post, until he turns 80, Turkson would still be eligible to enter a conclave of cardinals to elect the next pope after Francis dies or retires, according to church rules.

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http://saharareporters.com/2021/12/18/top-african-cardinal-vatican-offers-resignation-without-reason

Re: Top African Cardinal In Vatican Offers Resignation Without Reason by KnownUnknown: 12:52pm On Dec 19, 2021
My favorite scam. The Catholic Church.
Jewish god, Italian pope. The divine cosa nostra.

Anyway, the dude in the picture is too melanin rich to become the pope. They painted the god and his magical son in their own image, so their “holy father” has to be melanin deficient.

Watch these deplorable hypocritical bastards deny their god if a black man becomes their “papa”.

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Re: Top African Cardinal In Vatican Offers Resignation Without Reason by slickbak(m): 1:11pm On Dec 19, 2021
He has been given an offer he can’t refuse.

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