US EditionFilipino Cardinal among top candidates for pope; Virginia Beach community reacts
- Cardinals gathered in the Vatican in early May 2025 to elect a new pope, with Filipino Cardinals Luis Antonio Tagle and Pablo Virgilio David as leading candidates.
- This conclave follows Pope Francis's 2015 visit to the Philippines, which inspired vocations but occurred amid a long-standing decline in priesthood candidates due to cultural shifts and the global abuse scandal.
- The Philippine Church, Asia's most Catholic country, faces exhaustion among clergy, with one priest serving about 9,000 Catholics, and has launched initiatives like National Vocation Awareness Month to address the shortfall.
- Seminarian Neil Pena and activist priest Father Robert Reyes noted that youth exposure to secular influences and past Church scandals complicate recruitment, while Pena emphasized the galvanizing potential of a Filipino pope speaking their language.
- Though a Filipino pope could inspire pride and increase vocations, church leaders remain uncertain if this would restore trust or significantly reverse the ongoing decline in priesthood candidates.
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Filipino pope could revive priestly vocations in Catholic bastion
As cardinals gather in the Vatican to elect a new pope -- with a Filipino among the favourites -- the church in Asia's most Catholic country is grappling with a decline in those with a vocation for the priesthood.
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