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Vatican Cardinal Speaks Out Against Social Stigma for Leprosy Patients

Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, in London, England, on March 14, 2011.

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Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, in London, England, on March 14, 2011.

Pointing to the story of Jesus Christ’s healing of the lepers in the Gospel of St. Luke, Cardinal Turkson noted that “when Christ brings healing to the man with leprosy in the Gospel, he applies the salve of human dignity in addition to the physical remedy.”