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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle

Why Cardinal Tagle may not become the next pope

September 21, 2022

Though a front-runner to become the next pope, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle could face an uphill struggle, and will need to show he is more than an “Asian Francis” to succeed. In fact, too close an association may be undermining him already. There are three critical factors which could undermine Tagle as papabile: other candidates

A rival to Tagle: why Singapore’s Cardinal Goh could become the next pope

September 13, 2022

While Filipino prelate, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, is seen as the leading candidate to succeed Pope Francis – should the Pontiff follow the precedent set by his predecessor, Benedict XVI, and announce his resignation in the near-future – head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore, Cardinal William Goh, is emerging as another papabile from

Cardinal Tagle promotion puts him in pole position to succeed Francis

September 06, 2022

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle – fast-emerging as a frontrunner to succeed Pope Francis, as rumours grow about a looming papal resignation – may have just seen his chances increase further still. The Filipino prelate has now been named by Pope Francis as special envoy for the forthcoming Asian Bishops’ Conference in Thailand, where he will

Erdő vs. Tagle: the battle to be the next Pope

August 05, 2022

As speculation grows about the potential resignation of Pope Francis, whoever the next Pope is will say a great deal about the direction of a Church being pulled in different directions and threatened by schism with a progressive Synodal Path. One leading candidate to succeed Pope Francis is Hungary’s Cardinal Erdő, a conservative canon law