Philippines put hopes in their cardinal

As soon as the Pope said goodbye a week ago Francisit began to be guessed around the world who could become his successor. This will be decided by 135 (out of 252) of cardinals, so many of them under 80 and are entitled to vote. The expectations are, of course, a lot, some believe that for the first time in the history of the chief of the Roman Catholic Church could become an African or perhaps even Asian. They have high hope in the Philippines, reports ABCwhere many believe that an influential position could occupy a 67-year-old Filipin Cardinal Luis Antonio Taglehis time also Archbishop in Manila. Experts in the Vatican Walls rank him at the very top of potential candidates.

Tagle was consecrated to the priest in 1982, and in 2012 he was appointed by Francis’s predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. Some value him because he advocates advanced views and advocates a fair attitude towards all people, regardless of their sexuality. He publicly expressed his opinion on this in 2015 when he addressed young Catholics at the Wembley London Stadium. He told them that the Church had, with their sharp and unyielding views, to members of LGBT, divorces and mothers, with their sharp and unyielding views. In a conversation for the British Telegraph However, he repeatedly pointed out the text of the grace, saying that many of them belonging to the aforementioned groups were revived, which made them eliminated them.

Even in the first years of Franciscan Pope, some of them saw his possible successor in Tagle, especially because of his views on separation, which is still forbidden in the Philippines. In the Philippines, Catholics are the largest religious community, which, with 85 million believers, accounts for as many as 79 percent of all believers.

Priest Robert Reyes From Manila, who studied with Cardinal Tagle, he labels him as a moderate man and would not take a very radical or advanced point of view, as he would first examine all church positions, synthesize them and come to a very balanced point of view, but would not go into dangerous waters. He described it as a brilliant but unpretentious student who was happy to help others. Others who know him well, however, believe that he is a relatively open spirit, but in the Philippines he did not prove to be a leader who would radically change the situation. Although Tagle calls for sympathy among people, on the other hand, it strongly advocates the positions of the church there, it also opposes the government’s efforts for the accessibility of contraceptives.