Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle has been elected as one
of 15 members of a council of cardinals and bishops from different parts
of the world tasked to prepare for the next Synod of Bishops in the
Vatican.The assignment is the second for Tagle who was also selected last July
by Pope Francis to serve as a member of the Pontifical “Cor Unum,” a
body that manages the Church’s worldwide charitable activities.Tagle was appointed in the Vatican post almost two months after he was
elected as president of Caritas Internationalis, which made him the
first Asian to head the confederation of global qualities.