Ad Maoirem De Gloriam

by Paterno Esmaquel II MANILA, Philippines - Contrary to predictions, Pope Benedict XVI did not include newly-installed Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio “Chito” Tagle in the list of soon-to-be cardinals that the Pope revealed on Friday, Jan 6, 2012. Benedict XVI announced the names of the 22 new cardinals after his Mass for the Feast of the Epiphany , more popularly known in the Philippines as the feast of the Three Kings, held in Vatican City. The appointed prelates will begin their assignments once the Pope holds an assembly of cardinals, called a consistory , in February. Tagle’s appointment as Manila archbishop had raised hopes that he will become the fourth living cardinal from the Philippines, following in the footsteps of his predecessor Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales. The big news from the Philippines has been the October 13 appointment of Luis Antonio Tagle as the new Archbishop of Manila, putting him in line to become a cardinal the next time Benedict...

EARL VICTOR ROSERO, GMA News AND PATERNO ESMAQUEL II December 12, 2011      Overwhelmed by emotion, the support of family and friends, and the burden of the influential new position he now occupies, newly-installed Archbishop of Manila, Most Rev. Luis Antonio “Chito” G. Tagle called on his new flock in the Archdiocese of Manila and all Filipino Catholics to "grow in compassion for our neighbors" and cast away disunity.   "The new evangelization requires putting on the mind and eyes of the Lord—a transformation... We need to follow the Lord not individually but together," Archbishop Tagle said in his first homily Monday after his installation as the 32nd shepherd of the Manila archdiocese .   "Divisiveness and destructive competition will only serve to sink the boat," he also said.   Not about him   Archbishop Tagle reminded himself and those who witnessed his installation that the rite th...