Cardinal Tagle assumes new post in Rome

Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle left Manila for Rome on February 9 to assume his new task of promoting the mission of the Church in the world.

The Archdiocese of Manila’s Office of Communications said Tagle was appointed by Pope Francis as the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, one of the leading departments in the Roman Curia. He succeeds Italian Cardinal Fernando Filoni. He is only the second Asian to hold the post, with the other being Cardinal Ivan Dias who served from 2006 to 2011. Cardinal Tagle was in CTK in November 2019 to give the recollection marking the parish’s 40th year.