Tagle among chosen to assist conclave preps

Filipino cardinal is popular speaker, global traveler

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is a popular speaker who is comfortable in several languages, has traveled extensively and is known for his focus on evangelization and care for the poor and for immigrants. While pundits now downplay the chances that the cardinal from the Philippines will become pope, he still is

Vatican City On Wednesday, the Cardinals of the Catholic Church resumed their preparatory meetings for the conclave that is being held in a week, refusing to leak any clues about the possible successor of Pope Francis. Some 200 “princes of the Church” meet behind closed doors at their seventh meeting since the death of the Argentine pontiff to discuss the priorities for the future of this 2,000-year-old institution. Who is Cardinal Tagle? Sounds…

Tagle among chosen to assist conclave preps

MANILA, Philippines — Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle was named as one of the cardinals who will assist the camerlengo, the interim administrator of the Vatican, to start preparations for the May 7 conclave to choose the 267th pontiff and successor to Pope Francis in one of the world’s oldest and most secretive electoral processes. Elected […]...Keep on reading: Tagle among chosen to assist conclave preps

Tagle selected to assist in conclave preparations

CARDINAL Luis Antonio Tagle was selected to join the "Particular Congregation," a small body that manages day-to-day matters during the sede vacante — the period when the Holy See is vacant. His appointment came during the fifth session of the General Congregation, the larger assembly of cardinals tasked with major decisions during the transitional period, on April 28. The Particular Congregation is composed of the camerlengo of the Holy Roman C…

Cardinal Tagle and the ‘papabile’ label

I covered Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle during the eight years he was archbishop of Manila. I continued watching him from afar when Pope Francis made him pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization at the Vatican. I know, based on experience, that if there is any interview question that could make him walk away as fast as he could, that would be about papal succession. I first asked him about it in Tagaytay City in March 2014, when veteran Vat…

Born on 21 June 1957 in Manila, Luis Antonio Tagle is the son of Catholic bank employees. Destined in medicine, he prefers to return to the seminary, in Manila. He is also a member of the... Read more Election of the future pope: Luis Antonio Tagle, the "Asian Francis" appeared first on Current Values.