Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah has earned a new appointment
from Pope Francis, despite being vilified by Aso Rock over a Christmas message
critical of President Buhari.
According to Rev. Fr Christopher A. Omotosho, Director, Social Communications Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, the Pope has appointed Kukah as a member of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Human Integral Development.
Omotosho, in a statement Monday night, said the appointment
was conveyed to Kukah in a letter signed by His Eminence, Peter Cardinal
Turkson, the Prefect of the Dicastery.
“By this appointment, Bishop Kukah will join other members
of the Dicastery drawn from different regions of the world to advise and
promote the holy Father’s concerns on issues of justice and peace, human
rights, torture, human trafficking, care of creation and other issues related
to the promotion of human dignity and development.
“The appointment, which is renewable is for an initial
period of five years.
`”The Council will be formally inaugurated on a later date”,
Omotosho said.
The Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human
Development was created on January 1, 2017, when four Dicasteries, namely, the
Pontifical Councils for Justice and Peace, Cor Unum, Pastoral Care of
Immigrants and Itinerant People and Health Care of Workers, were all merged by
the Pope.
This appointment adds to Bishop Kukah’s string of national
and international engagements within the universal Church.
He was first appointed a Consultor and later a member of the
Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, Vatican City and served under
three Popes.
He is currently, Chairman, Dialogue Committees of both the
Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA) and the Catholic Bishops’
Conference of Nigeria (CBCN).
He was a member of the official Delegation of the Holy See
that met with the Emir of Qatar when that country opened diplomatic relations
with the Holy See in 2002.
In 2016, he was nominated by the Vatican to represent Africa
on the Advisory Board of the Vienna based, King Abdulazeez International
Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue, KAIICID.
KAIICID is the fruit of the collaboration between the
governments of Saudi Arabia, Austria and the Holy See for the promotion of worldwide
Dialogue between world religions.
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