Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle shares more than just a warm smile and infectious laugh with Pope Francis. Like the late Argentinian pontiff, Tagle hails from outside Europe’s traditional Catholic power ...

Did Pope Francis just name his successor? Much of the commentary about the appointment of Cardinal Luis Tagle, until now archbishop of Manila, to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples put ...

Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples gave the closing speech on Feb. 19 for a three-day Vatican conference on the theology of the priesthood. Cardinal Luis Antonio ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has raised Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to the rank of cardinal bishop in a new sign of his esteem for the former Archbishop of Manila. The Holy See press office said May 1 ...

Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is known as the “Asian Francis” for what many see as the affable charm of the everyman. - AP SINGAPORE: If bookmakers and crypto investors are right on the money, ...

Since the death of Pope Francis, a reform-minded Pontiff who had led the Catholic Church since 2013, thoughts have been circulating as to who will be selected as his successor. The papal conclave—the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Asia's front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the "Asian Francis". Tagle, 67, who shares with Pope ...

The Filipino cardinal explained that his maternal grandfather was born in China, but his mother sent him to live in the Philippines due to poverty. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is moved as he recalls ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines, is pictured in Rome May 6, 2018. In a move that may signal Pope Francis' plan for the reform of the Roman Curia is close to completion, the Vatican ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle attends a mass held for the late Pope Francis at St. Peter's Basilica on April 30, 2025, in Vatican City. Reporter The papal conclave—the election of the next ...