A competitor to Babia in the Francis template

He never looked to be a priest. After he risen to be a bishop, implicitly that he suffered from fraudulent syndrome. And when Cardinal Luis Antonio Jokim is asking a crown of the Philippines if he could become the first Asian Pope – a frequent question in recent years – he says it is impossible.

“I think about myself in this situation, no, no, I laugh at it,” said Cardinal Talabi BBC In 2015. “I cannot even manage my life. How can I manage a world society?”

By that time, he had already occurred as a possible alternative to Pope Benedict XVI. Now 67, Cardinal Tag-Leh is again on many informal lists of “Papabile”, or those who have a good snapshot in Bob Francis Khalaf. The most prominent candidate from Asia, his election will be a certain sign of the transformation of the Roman Catholic Church from Europe to Africa, where It continues to grow.

Francis was the only Pope in the modern era that was born outside Europe. If the Cardinal Tag ascends to the papacy, it will be the first Asian back in the modern era. (Many popes were in ancient times of Syria, which is technically located in West Asia, although they are now considered part of the Middle East.)

In the Vatican, Cardinal is honored to postpone missionary work. It is widely known as “Chito”, and it is often called “Asian Francis” For his ability to communicate with the poor, his call to take action against climate change and criticize the “cruel” position adopted by the Catholic clerics towards gay, and unmarried mothers and mothers. He is very popular because of his modesty, and his believer’s greatness attracted seats and currents on Facebook.

But as a leader of the Church in the Philippines, he was criticized by activists and their colleagues as priests as shy about the scourge of sexual assault on the book. Those complaints continued with the high file in the church. Last month, the network of survivors is one of those who were abused by priests, a group of support, And the Vatican urged To investigate the behavior of Cardinal Tag regarding alleged religious abuse cases in the Central African Republic and New Zealand. (The group also sought inquiries in five other Caraders.)

Separately, in 2022, Pope Francis removed the entire administration team from Caritas Internationalis, the charitable arm in the Vatican, including Cardinal Tag, who served as president. An external review of management problems and morale in the main office in Caritas has found.

At home, Cardinal Tafil was mistaken for not being addressed sufficiently from the drug war, former President Rodrigo Deuttri, where Tens of thousands of people were briefly implemented.

“If Chito spoke clearly and bravely during the Duttiti administration, a number of people had died,” said Reverend Robert Reyes, who was at school with Cardinal Talab.

At the time, the Cardinal was the head of the Bishop of Manila. He called for a “end to waste human life” but he did not face Mr. Dotrt directly.

Cardinal did not respond to an interview.

Today, Cardinal Tag is one of Five Cardinals from the Philippines. Some of the well -known people in the Vatican Cardinal Pablo Vergonio Seongko David, who has a lower image, sees a potential kebab as well.

When the Philippine Legislative Council proposed a draft law to facilitate access to contraceptives, Cardinal called on legislators to reject it. But he later said that he disagreed with his colleagues from the clergy members who threatened many legislators with letters.

He said, “He is trying to persuade people instead of intimidating them,” he said. Reverend Joseph a. Commonchak, who taught Cardinal Tag at the American Catholic University in Washington in the 1980s.

While the Cardinal Takel was the leader of the Church in the Philippines, Mr. Doterti often mocked Catholicism and insulting Pope Francis.

Mr. Doterti said he was harassed by a priest when he was a child. Some priests, including Cardinal David, criticized the drug war. But Cardinal Talabi remained silent. Its critics often refer to Cardinal Jaimi SinWho had an effective role in overthrowing the dictator Ferdinand Marcus.

Regarding the issue of religious abuse, the Cardinal said that the Survivors’ accounts “Wound” for him. But he also said that the survivors must seek justice through the church’s ecclesiastical process because “the victims, who are exposed to the public, may also be ashamed.” He said that the church should also be concerned with “the aggressor, who is definitely lost.”

“This is a very Asian approach. This approach leads to recovery,” he told the Union Catholic News in 2013.

“The sad thing is that the Cardinal is very far from the facts facing sexual assault on children by the priests and brothers,” said Reverend Collin, an Irish priest working in the Philippines. He said that the Cardinal told him that the church was more concerned about things like divorce.

The Cardinal Tag approach contributed to A culture of impunity in the church in the PhilippinesAccording to the International Energy Agency Group, Bishopaccability.org.

Cardinal Talagl admitted that he was criticized “for” the “lack of” and that I was not convicted of enough, “but he said that he took a heart from the example of Francis, according to 2015 interview with a crossA publication specialized in the Catholic Church. “Who am I to rule?” He said, repetition Francis’ position on gay priests.

Cardinal Tag was born in Manila, and he grew up in the city of Fathers by parents who worked in a bank. He wanted to be a doctor but he entered school after Atinio de Manila, the Upper Jesuit University.

He was appointed in 1982 at the age of 24, and his doctoral thesis later wrote about Pope Paul VI at the Catholic University.

In Washington, Reverend Peter Bernardi, a classmate in Washington, said in his own initiative, who regularly visited a residence for people with AIDS.

He returned to IMUS in 1992, where he was known to travel a bike or PocketA cheap position of public transport. In the following decades, the head of the Bishop of Manila, then the Cardinal, was finally transferred to the Vatican.

Now it can rise to the head of the church.

Returning during the election of Khalifa Benedict, who proved that he was Francis, he wrote the Cardinal Tag to Father Comonghak, asking his former teacher, “Praying for me.”

Father Komonchak said: “I took him to mean that he was steeped in the possibility of his election.” “Who will not be?”

Camel Ilimia It contributed to reporting from IMUS, the Philippines, and Elizabetta Povulido and Jason Horwatz From Rome.