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 ...

STORY: Father Robert Reyes wouldn't have guessed he was talking to a possible future pope when he first met Luis Antonio Tagle back in 1973, at their seminary school in the Philippines. Today, Tagle ...

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 ...

Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been appointed representative of Pope Leo XIV to the beatification of American ...

After Pope Francis’ death on April 21, the Vatican City is in a quest to find his successor. Among all the names, Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has now emerged as the top contender. Tagle is ...

MANILA, Philippines — Who would have thought that Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle’s “first act of charity” to then cardinal, now Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost would be giving him a candy? And it’s ...

Cardinal Tagle, papal contender, seen as 'Asian Pope Francis' Tagle would be first Filipino pontiff Widely seen as wanting to continue Francis' reforms Friends praise humour, charm, approachability ...

The Vatican announced that Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen will be beatified on September 24 in St. Louis, Missouri. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the Pro-prefect of the Section for First ...

MANILA, Philippines – As we approach the conclave to elect a new pope, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is defending the record of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, former ...

The first flurry of texts came through only a few days after the news of Pope Francis’s death: “Are we getting a Filipino in the Vatican?!,” a few friends messaged excitedly. While I am—to put it ...