Card. Tagle bids farewell to hometown

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila bade farewell to his hometown in Cavite province, south of Manila, on Jan. 20, before his expected departure for Rome. The Manila prelate was appointed prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in last month. The 62-year-old cardinal is only the second Asian to lead the congregation, popularly known by its old name of Propaganda Fide. Cardinal Tagle’s appointment makes him one of only nine members of the powerful Roman Curia, or the Cabinet of the Holy Father, in the Vatican

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