What is Peter Turkson?
{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Peter Turkson | honorific-suffix = | title = [[Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace|President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace]] | image = Peter Turkson (cropped).jpg | caption = | province = | diocese = | see = | appointed = 24 October 2009 | ended = | predecessor = [[Renato Martino]] | successor = | ordination = 20 July 1975 | ordained_by = [[John Kodwo Amissah]] | consecration = 27 March 1993 | consecrated_by = [[Dominic Kodwo Andoh]] | cardinal = 21 October 2003 | rank = Cardinal-Priest | other_post = Cardinal-Priest of San Liborio | birth_name = Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|10|11}} | birth_place = Wassaw Nsuta, [[Ghana]] | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | nationality = [[Ghana]]ian | religion = Roman Catholic | previous_post = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast|Archbishop of Cape Coast]] (1992–2009) | residence = | motto = ''Vivere Christus est'' (To live is Christ)<br>— [[Letter to the Philippians|Philippians]] 1:21 | parents = | alma_mater = | signature = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Peter Turkson.svg }} '''Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson''' (born 11 October 1948) is a [[Ghana]]ian [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church]]. He is the [[Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace|president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace]] since his appointment by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] on 24 October 2009. He had served as [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast|Archbishop of Cape Coast]]. He was elevated to the cardinalate by [[Pope John Paul II]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |last=Miranda |first=Salvador |title=Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson |url=http://www.fiu.edu/~miran