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Cardinal Luis Tagle
I want Luis Tagle to be elected pope and become Pope Tagle and Pope Tagle going to usa for a 13 day state visit beginning with New York City and a Good Old Fashioned Ticker Tape Parade down the canyon of heroes from the Battery to City Hall and Ceremony at City Hall then to Washington D.C for State Visit With Donald Trump and then to Philly
Cardinal Tagle warns of populist leaders hijacking religion
Filipino prelate virtually delivered the annual Trocaire/St. Patrick s College Lent lecture
Updated: March 11, 2021 06:47 AM GMT
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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, head of the Vatican s evangelization congregation. (Photo: Angie de Silva)
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, head of the Vatican s evangelization congregation, has expressed concern over the hijacking of religion by populist leaders who sow division and exploit the anger of those who feel excluded.
Speaking after he delivered the 2021 Trócaire/St. Patrick s College Maynooth annual Lenten lecture on March 9 on Caring for the Human Family and our Common Home, the Filipino prelate warned, There is a growing sense in the world today of divisiveness, and unfortunately religion is being used to further division; sometimes even within the same religious affiliation you have divisions.