Cardinal Tagle tells Edita Burgos not to lose hope in search for Jonas
By Tina G. Santos
It has been six years since farmer-activist Jonas Burgos disappeared, but his mother Edita never wavered in hoping and believing that he is still alive.
It has been six years since farmer-activist Jonas Burgos disappeared, but his mother Edita never wavered in hoping and believing that he is still alive.
Cardinals remained divided over who should be pope on Wednesday after three rounds of voting, an indication that disagreements remain about the direction of the Catholic Church following the upheaval unleashed by Pope Benedict XVI’s surprise resignation.
Catholic cardinals had a final day of jockeying for position on Monday before shutting themselves into the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope after Benedict XVI’s shock resignation, with an Italian and a Brazilian who both head powerful archdioceses among the top contenders.
The 115 cardinals who will start meeting on Tuesday to elect the next pope are lodging at Casa Santa Marta, a residence near the Sistine Chapel where they will be casting their votes.
The election of a new Pope begins tomorrow, a process that is hard to predict in terms of how many days or weeks it would last or what the outcome would be. There is no tanto papabile or leading contender among 115 cardinals unlike in previous conclaves where Europeans, especially Italians, were always the frontrunners.
Cardinals have set Tuesday as the start date for the conclave to elect the next pope, signaling that they were wrapping up a week of discussions about the problems of the church and who best among them might lead it.
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle urged devotees of the Black Nazarene to reflect on their relationship with God and challenged them to become witnesses of His love, which has been manifested in the image of the suffering Jesus Christ.
As Church and State continue to squabble over the reproductive health (RH) law, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle called out for “peace and forgiveness” in his New Year message.
On the first day of the traditional “Simbang Gabi,” Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle appealed to lawmakers to “welcome Jesus with joy” to prepare a “straight path” for the next generations by rejecting the reproductive health (RH) bill.
Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal remained hopeful on Sunday, that the reproductive health bill would fail in the third reading vote in the House of Representatives on Monday.
Vietnam revoked visas for a Vatican delegation visit to advance the beatification of a cardinal who spent 13 years in detention after the fall of the South, a church official said Monday.
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday put his stamp of authority on the body that will elect his successor as he appointed 22 new cardinals at a time of roiling tensions in the Vatican administration.
