Reports have it that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Peter Turkson, the highest-ranking African person at the Holy See.
Cardinal Turkson, headed the Vatican office that handed migration issues, the environment and Covid-19 response.
News of the resignation of Cardinal Turkson, in recent weeks,had gone viral in Ghana and across Africa.
After years as a top Vatican cardinal, Cardinal Peter Turkson said he offered Pope Francis his resignation because he was at the end of his five-year appointment as prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
The 73-year old Ghanaian has replaced by deputy Michael Czerny, a Czech-born Canadian and Sister Alessandra Smerilli, an Italian economist who has spearheaded the Vatican’s COVID-19 response.
The announcement follows the results of an internal investigation conducted earlier.
The latest leadership change was announced on the day Francis delivered his usual Christmas message to members of the Vatican bureaucracy, demanding they show more humility and less pride in the coming year.