The Vatican, Italy – Pope Francis continues to send shockwaves to Catholics and others worldwide with his radical actions and pronouncements, many of which break away from centuries-old Vatican dogma and practices.
In his latest move, Pope Francis announced that he is delegating the papal duties to selected cardinals in various continents. His first appointment is Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the young and charismatic bishop from the Philippines who was on the short list of candidates during Pope Francis’ election last year. Tagle will be the new pope for the Asian continent. Pope Francis is expected to announce the other popes for Africa, South America, North America, Antartica and Australia in the next few weeks. He is not appointing a pope for Europe since The Vatican is already in the European continent.
The Vatican said that this new arrangement will bring the papacy closer to the people around the world.
Soon after the announcement, The Boston Globe published this in-depth interview with Cardinal Tagle, calling him the Philippine Pope Francis.
See related article: “Pope Francis Scolds President Obama.”
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Congratulations Your Excellency. We really need a church leader who is really in touch with us.
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perfect choice of pope francis.
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The Pope, as head of Vatican Sate, has a delegate to every country called a Papal Nuncio. The Nuncio is a member of the, in this case, Phil Diplomatic Corps. He is the Pope’s representative. There is no delegate to an Asian Continent group. There is no such group of churches.
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You guys know that this is fake news, right?
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He didn’t appoint a POPE he appointed a delegate who will report back to the POPE. They are not the same thing 🙂 so please correct your article.
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Glad to hear that Cardinal Tagle is one of the PAPAL Delegate for Asia in fulfilling the Papal Duties for the Asian Countries. Praise the Lord!
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Praying for our little Pope…God continue to inspire you Cardinal Tagle
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Mabuhay po kayo Cardinal Tagle.
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Thank you God for giving us Pope Francis and Cardinal Table. Blessed are we Filipinos!
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mabuhay si Cardinal Tagle.. a true man of Christ
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