A video has surfaced of Ghana’s Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson taking his oath as he vied to become the next Pope after he missed out on being elected the 267th Pope.
The viral video captured Cardinal Turkson during the procession to the chapel for the commencement of the conclave.
Cardinal Turkson, with his hand on the Book of Gospels, was heard speaking in Latin.
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson is the Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
From 1992 to 2009 he served as the Archbishop of Cape Coast. He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003 and was Ghana’s first cardinal.
Cardinal Appiah Turkson 76 has held several key positions at the Vatican including being the first Prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, former President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, and the Treasurer of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).
He also served on several Vatican bodies, including the Methodist-Catholic Dialogue (since 1997), the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (since 2002), and the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Goods of the Church (since 2002).
Meanwhile, the Cardinals gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Pope, who took the name Pope Leo XIV.
The 69-year-old American, born Robert Francis Prevost, was elected as the 267th Pope on May 8 during the first full day of the conclave.
Watch the video below:
