Luis Antonio Tagle
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God who comes to us. We will never be alone. Emmanuel: God with us.
— Cardinal Tagle: Christmas in the pandemic calls for solidarity (15 December 2020) Vatican News
Luis Antonio Tagle
Filipino Roman Catholic cardinal (1957-)
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Born 1957 · age 69
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A Filipino cardinal called "the Asian Francis" who moved from Manila's archdiocese to Rome's evangelization machinery, now fielded as a possible pope whenever the next conclave comes.
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Luis Antonio Tagle was born June 21, 1957, and rose through the Philippine church as bishop of Imus starting in 2001, then as Manila's 32nd archbishop from 2011 to 2020. In December 2019 he was pulled to Rome to lead a section of the Dicastery for Evangelization, the Vatican office that oversees mission territories and new churches. He became cardinal bishop of Albano and took on a stack of curial roles: president of the Catholic Biblical Federation, grand chancellor of the Pontifical Urbaniana University, and seats on multiple commissions. Known by the nickname Chito, he's seen as a voice for…
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Me, the future Pope? That's a joke by journalists.
— Io futuro Papa? È uno scherzo dei giornalisti.
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Father Kroeger mentioned you both loved music. Could you tell us a little story about what happened during those years you were studying together?
Luis Antonio Tagle
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I was not totally surprised that the Holy Father would release an encyclical on Jesus’ love for us, symbolized in His Sacred Heart.
— It was really fun. Music, especially for Filipinos, is a way of communicating with God and with neighbors. It is our way of coping with
Luis Antonio Tagle
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Francis does not teach anything new; what he says is already written in the Gospel: Jesus' love for the poor, the call to conversion, and everything else.
— Francesco non insegna cose nuove, quel che dice è tutto già scritto nel Vangelo: l’amore di Gesù per i poveri, la chiamata alla conversione
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