Since the death of Pope Francis, a reform pontiff who had directed the Catholic church since 2013, thoughts have been circulating as to who will be selected as a successor.
The Papal conclave – The election of the next Pope – should start on May 7 and will see 133 cardinals come together to vote. A figure which has become a high -level competitor to succeed Pope Francis is Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle of the Philippines. If it is elected, Cardinal Tagle – which currently serves as a prefect of the Dicastery for evangelization – would be the first Asian pope over the centuries.
[time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”]In 2018, Tagle was asked about the possibility that he was a future pope. He published a jovial response, laughing as He said: “I don't think so. [in Rome]? Probably not. “”
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In the midst of the current discussions on which could end up serving as a successor to Pope Francis, here is what you need to know about the Cardinal Tagle:
The history of Cardinal Tagle and the first years of the Catholic Church
Cardinal Tagle, 67,, was ordered a priest for the Archdiocese of Manila in 1982 and was widely known by his nickname “Chito”.
In 1985, Tagle went to the United States to study theology at the Catholic University of America. Upon his return to the Philippines, Tagle taught and continued to be a leader of the Filipino religious community before becoming the Archbishop of Manila in 2012. In 2012, he was raised at the Cardinals College by Pope Benoît XVI.
In 2015, Tagle was elected at the head of the Caritas Internationalis– A confederation based in Vatican of Catholic Rescue and Development Agencies working around the world. In 2019, Pope Francis appointed him prefect of the congregation for the evangelization of peoples, the missionary branch of the church. Then he moved to Rome to assume his role, leaving his home in Manila.
After the move, then president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has spread the rumors that Tagle Deleted for “interference in politics”–Rumors that the Filipino bishops strongly refuted. Duterte has since been arrested and appeared (via the video link) to the International Criminal Court in March. He is accused of crimes against humanity, housed against him after having supervised a brutal anti-drug campaign in his country of origin that human rights groups in the Philippines say that more than 30,000.
Tagle had previously discussed Loss of life in the Philippines. In a 2017 sermon, he was cited as saying: “We are struck on the consciousness of those who even kill helpless, especially those who cover their face with cups, to stop wasting human lives.”
In 2013, Tagle participated in the conclave according to which Pope Francis elected the Pope, and he is known as a leader with feelings similar to the old Pope, because of his accent for the poor and the reception of LGBTQ +individuals, migrants and divorced and remarried Catholics.
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Its support for LGBTQ + Catholics and migrants
Although Tagle has proclaimed a fort pro-old positionHe was also known for his support for LGBTQ +Catholics, migrants and poor – allowing people to see similarities between him and Pope Francis. Her “approachable” Nature distinguished him from others.
On his support for migrants, Tagle stressed that the history of her own family began with the migration of a child, because her maternal grandfather was born in China.
“Migration is a chance for people to flower as human beings. It's a chance for them to create a better life for themselves and future generations ”, Tagle said in a shared message on international caritas website. “Like Christ in his journey to the cross, migration pushes people beyond their physical and mental borders, it stretches their capacities and makes them cross deserts of loneliness and rejection. But people carry this sacrifice trip for a noble cause. ”
Tagle was also known for its more inclusive opinions on the LGBTQ +community.
“The hard words that have been used in the past to designate gays and divorced and separated people, single mothers … were quite serious”, ” Tagle said to a young Catholic Congress in 2015. “Many people who belonged to these groups were marked and who led to their isolation of society in the broad sense.”
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Critics about his management of complaints and administrative issues
Some defenders criticized the tagle treatment of abuse complaints.
On March 25, the network of survivors of people abused by the priests, a defense group, published a letter In the Vatican, asking them that they are investigating what they say is “monitoring of tagle complaints against the bishops at Aotearoa [New Zealand]. “Other Catholic leaders have been mentioned in the letter.
Tagle previously declared that the Catholic Church was to face the “injuries” of sexual abuse and that they were to be manipulated “Together, with faith.“”
There have also been raised concerns about tagle's performance in administrative roles. “Tagle is considered intelligent, a good theologian and a good communicator. But in many ways, he was not a very good administrator in some of the jobs he occupied in the Vatican. He did not prove himself in this role,” said Charles Collins, editor -in -chief of Crux, a publication that focuses on the Vatican and the Catholic Church, is cited like NBC.
In 2022, Pope Francis deleted Tagle with the entire management team of Caritas Internationalis, appointing a commissioner to manage him, following accusations of intimidation and humiliation of the employees.
