Background
Pengo, Polycarp Cardinal was born on August 5, 1944 in Mwazye, Tanzania.
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Pengo, Polycarp Cardinal was born on August 5, 1944 in Mwazye, Tanzania.
Attended, Preparatory Seminary, Mwazye, Tanzania. Attended, Seminary, Karema. Attended, Seminary, Kipalapala.
Doctor in Moral Theology, Pontifical Lateran University.
He taught Moral theology in Kipalapala Theological Seminary for a short time, and then became the first Rector of Segerea Theological Seminary in Dar-es-Salaam up to 1983. He was made of Nachingwea in 1983, and of Tunduru-Masasi in 1986, assuming the post the following year. In 1990 he was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Dar es Salaam, and in 1992 he became Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, following the resignation of Laurean Rugambwa.
Pengo was proclaimed a by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 1998.
Pengo was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI and in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis. He has the following Curial Memberships Evangelization of the Peoples, Doctrine of Faith (congregations).
Interreligious Dialogue, Culture (councils) Special Council for Africa of the General of the Synod of son On 18 September 2012, he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as a Synod Father for the upcoming October 2012 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of son
Homosexuality Clashes in Tanzania Church teaching on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
In 2000, Pengo hit out at the commission of homosexual acts, saying it was one of the most heinous sins on earth.
In 2004, he lashed out at the perpetrators of clashes claiming to pursue a religious cause.
Further information: Roman Catholic Church and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Pengo has declared that the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome epidemic cannot be overcome by relying exclusively or primarily on the distribution of prophylactics, but only through a strategy based on education to individual responsibility in the framework of a moral view of human sexuality.