Pope Francis Cardinal Tagle

The hashtag "#iSupportTagle" or "#ISupportTagle" were used online after Cardinal Antonio Luis Tagle was reported to be among the leading candidates to.

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Pope Francis and Cardinal Luis Tagle greet each other at a Mass in Manila in this 2015 file photo. (Photo: Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines).

Let us spare the conclave from politics,” the Catholic group said in a statement. Instead, let us pray for the health of Pope Francis,” the group said in a statement on Aug. 9. The conclave is not a political thing for us to meddle with… it’s not for us to decide who the next pope is. It is not. It is the work of the Holy Spirit through the Sacred College of Cardinals,” the group added.

Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, 65, is thought to be one of the frontrunners to succeed Pope Francis, a move which would radically change the face of ...

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While Vatican watchers say that the rare promotion enhances his secured chances as a papabile, the same thing was far from the mind of the Filipino prelate.

Both brilliant and humble, Cardinal Tagle is cognizant of the Roman proverb: “He who enters the Conclave a Pope leaves it a Cardinal,” intra papa in conclave, usisce fuora cardinal. When the London-based Catholic Herald named Cardinal Tagle and a Hungarian cardinal as possible next pope, I told myself: Pray, pray, and pray for Pope Francis and the future of the Catholic Church. In fact, he didn’t want to go at all. He didn’t want any of those. The Holy Father did raise Cardinal Tagle from a cardinal-priest to a cardinal-bishop in 2020, a logical move so that the latter could become more effective in the performance of his Vatican posts. In fact, he disdains it.