Watch Archbishop Tagle as he will be created a Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in a papal consistory scheduled on November 24, 2012.
Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle is widely known for his charismatic nature.He has become involved in many social issues in the Philippines with emphasis on helping the poor and the needy, while maintaining opposition against abortion, contraception,and the Reproductive Health Bill.Tagle currently wields strong religious and political influence as the country's primate, with an estimated 2.8 million professed Roman Catholics in the Archdiocese.
According to the report from Inquirer, Among seminarians at San Jose Major Seminary and Loyola School of Theology at Ateneo de Manila University, where Tagle completed his seminary studies, the new Filipino cardinal was widely touted as someone with an intelligent quotient (IQ) of about 150, comparable to the national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal.
Tagle, graduated summa cum laude in Theology at Ateneo’s Loyola School of Theology and San Jose Seminary, both in Quezon City, in 1982 while teaching full time.
What is a Cardinal?
The term “Cardinal” itself comes from the term Incardinated. Someone in incardinated when they are appointed to a new position different from the one to which they were ordained. Say you were ordained a priest to serve in parish A. If you’re then assigned to parish B, you are incardinated in Parish B.
The original Explainer episode was triggered by a call made by Senator Joker Arroyo for the Pope to create more Filipino Cardinals. This is a call taken up by the Senate, most recently reiterated in 2010:
According to the report from Inquirer, Among seminarians at San Jose Major Seminary and Loyola School of Theology at Ateneo de Manila University, where Tagle completed his seminary studies, the new Filipino cardinal was widely touted as someone with an intelligent quotient (IQ) of about 150, comparable to the national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal.
Tagle, graduated summa cum laude in Theology at Ateneo’s Loyola School of Theology and San Jose Seminary, both in Quezon City, in 1982 while teaching full time.
What is a Cardinal?
The term “Cardinal” itself comes from the term Incardinated. Someone in incardinated when they are appointed to a new position different from the one to which they were ordained. Say you were ordained a priest to serve in parish A. If you’re then assigned to parish B, you are incardinated in Parish B.
Source: wikipedia and inquirer
Sen. Joker Arroyo reiterated his call on Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams, and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to reply to the Senate’s call to increase the number of Filipino cardinals in the country. In a privilege speech last Wednesday, Arroyo expressed the need for the Senate to reiterate anew its “sense” before Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic hierarchy over the “grossly disproportionate” number of Filipino cardinals to the huge Catholic population of the Philippines. Arroyo noted that the Senate adopted a resolution on the matter on Nov. 7, 2007 but the Senate has not gotten any response from the Holy See until now.
More recently, Pope Benedict XVI announced that on November 24, the Feast of Christ the King, the second Consistory in one year will be held, in which six new Cardinals will be created.
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