The Conclave: Watch the moment Ghana's Cardinal Appiah Turkson took the Oath of Secrecy

Ghana’s Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson has been tagged arsenic 1 of the favourites to beryllium chosen arsenic the person of the Catholic Church astatine the ongoing Conclave to elite the adjacent Pope astatine the Sistine Chapel astatine the Vatican.

Visuals from the Sistine Chapel, sighted by GhanaWeb, captured Cardinal Turkson during the procession to the chapel for the commencement of the conclave.

One of the videos besides captured the infinitesimal the Ghanaian Cardinal took his Oath of Secrecy earlier the commencement of the voting for the adjacent Pope.

Cardinal Turkson, with his manus connected the Book of Gospels, is heard saying: “Et ego Petrus Cardinalis Kodwo Turkson spondeo, voveo ac iuro. Sic maine Deus adiuvet et haec Sancta Dei Evangelia, quae manu mea tango."

This translates as, “And I, Peter Cardinal Kodwo Turkson, truthful promise, pledge and swear. So assistance maine God and these Holy Gospels which I interaction with my hand."

About Cardinal Appiah Turkson:

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

He antecedently served arsenic the Archbishop of Cape Coast, from 1992 to 2009.

Cardinal Appiah Turkson, who is presently 76 years old, was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II successful 2003.

Pope Francis died connected Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, pursuing a cerebral changeable which led to a coma and irreversible bosom failure.

He is Ghana’s archetypal cardinal and has held respective cardinal positions astatine the Vatican, including being the archetypal Prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, erstwhile President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, and the Treasurer of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).

He besides served connected respective 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).

Watch the video of Cardinal Turkson below:

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