City of Columbus - File #: 0263X-2015

• File #: 0263X-2015
• Version: 1
• Type: Ceremonial Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/12/2015
• In control: Ryan
• On agenda: 11/16/2015
• Final action: 11/18/2015
• Title: To honor, recognize, and celebrate Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson.
• Sponsors: Fran Ryan

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/18/2015	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
11/17/2015	1	MAYOR	Signed
11/16/2015	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
11/16/2015	1	Columbus City Council	Adopted	Pass

Title

To honor, recognize, and celebrate Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson.

Body

WHEREAS, Cardinal Turkson has served as the President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace since confirmation by Pope Francis on September 24^th, 2013 ; and

WHEREAS, Cardinal Turkson was appointed Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana on October 6^th, 1992 and received episcopal ordination on March 27^th, 1993; and

WHEREAS, being recognized and respected around the world as a Scriptural Scholar, Cardinal Turkson has advocated for the poor and disenfranchised, and has served as a spokesperson for protecting the environment as a matter of social justice; and

WHEREAS, being regarded as the face of climate change at the Vatican, Cardinal Turkson has stimulated a great movement within and without the Catholic world in regards to environmental sustainability, morality, and society; now, therefore

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:

To honor, recognize, and celebrate Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson for providing continued awareness and understanding of the Catholic environmental teaching that has become a topic of conversations around the world.