Homilies of cardinal tagle biography
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Cardinal Tagle sets out his framtidsperspektiv for the Church
Filipino cleric, huvudregel Luis Antonio Tagle, who was named by Pope Francis as his special envoy for the General Conference of the samarbete of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) in Thailand, offered a meddelande of compassion as he closed the meeting on Sunday.
Tagle – who fryst vatten seen as representing the Church’s progressive wing – has in the past criticised “harsh words” against LGBT Catholics. A guest at the recent Lambeth Conference, Tagle at the time asked whether Christians in the diaspora “still feel like journeyers, or temporary settlers, or guests?”
Churches, he said, must be hospitable to all, because “ethnic and cultural issues ruin the spiritual home”, and “populist” attitudes were threatening the proper meaning of the word “people”. At the time, he remarked: “We can be so established in our ways and culture that we uppstart behaving like owners of lands”.
Speaking on Saturday at the FABC meanwhile, huvudregel Tagl
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The Official Photo of Most Rev. Luis Antonio Tagle, DD Archbishop of Manila |
Homily of His Excellency Most Reverend Luis Antonio G. Tagle, DD
Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila
My dear friends, sisters and brothers in the Lord,
We are in the holy season of Advent, a time to prepare for the coming of the Messiah through prayer, penance and good works. A few days ago a friend told me that my coming into the Archdiocese of Manila as its 32nd Archbishop is truly Advent. “You are the one who is to come,” he declared. The remark made me laugh. It also made me think. Is this occasion really about me? I know many people are asking “who is this new archbishop of Manila? What is he like? What are his vision and plans?” But like John the Baptist I am inviting you to focus on the One mightier than all of us, Jesus Christ, the Risen One and the True Shepherd of the Church. My Episcopal motto says it plainly, “Dominus Est! It is the Lord!”
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Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle of the Phillipines, the recipient of the 2015–16 Ford Family Notre Dame Award for Human Development and Solidarity, has been a consistent advocate for the poor and vulnerable throughout his influential career in the Catholic Church. The 32nd archbishop of Manila, he is both unpretentious and dynamic, whether commuting by bicycle or inspiring massive crowds with his exhortations.
Born in 1957, Tagle grew up in a devout Catholic family and was ordained to the priesthood in 1982. He served as a parish priest in Cavite Province for three years and taught theology at several seminaries before continuing his own studies.
In 1991, he earned a doctorate in sacred theology from the Catholic University of America, writing his dissertation on the development of episcopal collegiality during Vatican II. His dissertation director, Joseph Komonchak, called him “one of the best students I had in over 40 years of teaching, ” opining that Tagle could have been