At a seminary two hours south of Manila, the concrete walls are adorned with photos and memorabilia of the man that many hope will be the next pope. In most of the images, Luis Antonio Tagle, a ...

The College of Cardinals, clad in their red cassocks, solemnly processed towards the Sistine Chapel, where Michelangelo’s awe-inspiring frescoes depict three hundred figures from Genesis to Revelation ...

MANILA, Philippines — Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle or simply known as Chito, 60, has supported Caritas Manila and Radio Veritas’ Damay Kapanalig Marawi Telethon to help rebuild the lives of the ...

Each day between now and the May 7 conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis, John Allen is offering a profile of a different papabile, the Italian term for a man who could be pope. There’s no ...

The Filipino cardinal announced Wednesday is widely lauded for his theological gifts and his humility. Cardinal-designate Luis Tagle, 55, of Manila, Philippines, "really takes care of people ... he's ...

MANILA, Philippines — Asia’s front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the “Asian Francis.” Tagle, 67, who shares with Pope ...

There is a curious fascination with the term primus inter pares in Philippine public life. Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III invoked it as Senate president. Former Rep. Joey Salceda used it in describing ...

Albano is a quiet, graceful suburb of Rome. Historically, it is reached from the Eternal City via the Appian Way, one of the most ancient and still-existing roads of the old Roman Empire. The Diocese ...

What does Tagle's elevation to such a post mean? Is it only ceremonial, or is it in fact an important development?

MANILA, Philippines – Much has been said about Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle and Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David following in the footsteps of Pope Francis, through the way they keep themselves close to ...

Cardinal Chito is the youngest at age 62, and many of the others are above 80 and 70. He is also the only Asian with that high rank. Pope Francis focuses his pontificate on Asia because no less than ...