Effective January 1, 2017, Pope Francis instituted the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development into which was merged the competences of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, and the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers. Within the Dicastery are:

 

Cardinal Peter Turkson, the President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, is the first prefect of the new dicastery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development Website

The new dicastery held an international conference on April 3-4, 2017. In attendance will be Marylee Meehan, RN, NACN-USA and CICIAMS Past President and previous member of the Pontifical Council of Healthcare Workers (Pastoral Care) and Geraldine McSweeney, President CICIAMS

 

 

 

 

 

Read about Instituting the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Read about the Statutes of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development