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Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

The Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Social Sciences, Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson.

To Tackle Ghana’s Challenges, Vatican-based Cardinal Calls for “true awakening of fraternal solidarity”

Jul 5, 2025

Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson has urged the people of God in Ghana to unite with a renewed sense of “fraternal solidarity” in confronting challenges the people of God in the West African nation grapple with.

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Vatican Backs Report Calling for Financial Reforms to Alleviate Global Debt Crisis

Jun 23, 2025

The document was presented at the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on June 20 as one of the main initiatives of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope.

Professor Tebello Nyokong, appointed member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on 2 June 2023. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Professor in South Africa Appointed to Vatican Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Jun 4, 2023

Pope Francis has appointed a South Africa-based Professor of chemistry as a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. 

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Vatican Supports Catholic Research to Improve Families and Marriages

May 31, 2023

Pope Francis has backed a project aimed at enhancing interdisciplinary research at Catholic universities in the sphere of family, marriage, and childbearing.

Professor Zeresenay Alemseged, appointed as an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on 13 April 2022. Credit: University of Chicago

Pope Francis Appoints Ethiopian-born Professor to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Apr 13, 2022

Pope Francis has appointed an Ethiopian-born Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy as an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

South African Professor of Anthropology, Pearl Sithole who has been appointed as an Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Pope Francis Appoints South African Professor of Anthropology to Pontifical Academy

Aug 4, 2021

A South African Professor of Anthropology has been appointed as an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.