Antonio Luis Cardinal Tagle

Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle set an inspiring tone at the Great Pilgrimage of Hope in Penang on November 27, 2025, inviting Asia’s Church to walk as “renewed pilgrims of hope.”

Speaking before more than a thousand delegates from across Asia at the Great Pilgrimage of Hope in Penang, Malaysia, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle urged the Church to embrace the spirit of the Magi, pilgrims who seek, listen, and walk with humility, and to reject the attitudes of Herod, who clung to fear, power, and self-preservation.

As part of the Great Pilgrimage of Hope, to be held in Penang, Malaysia, from November 27–30, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization, will celebrate a special Mass at St Anne’s Minor Basilica in Bukit Mertajam on November 29.

On the second and final day of the Jubilee for Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers, Pope Leo XIV called on more than 1,000 young evangelizers gathered in Rome to “go and mend the nets, not for catching fish, but for weaving relationships rooted in love, truth, and solidarity.”

Despite the rain, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle visited the SVD’s Laudato Si’ Farm in Tagaytay City on July 20, celebrating Mass with friends, benefactors of the Divine Word Seminary and the farm, as well as visitors.

On May 24, 2025 Pope Leo XIV appointed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as the new titular of Albano, a suburbicarian diocese the pontiff himself held before his papal election, according to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) News.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has appealed to the public to refrain from campaigning for Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle as the next pope, citing concerns about potentially undermining the integrity of the papal conclave.

On the evening of February 25, over a thousand faithful gathered once more in St. Peter’s Square, uniting in prayer through the Rosary for Pope Francis’ healing.

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle reminds Marian devotee that Christian hope is a virtue that God, through the Holy Spirit, pours into our heart.

The international symposium, “Towards a Fully Synodal and Missionary Church in Asia: Re-reading Ecclesia in Asia for the Jubilee Year”, commemorating the 25th anniversary of Ecclesia in Asia, was held on December 13-14, 2024, at St. John’s NAHS, Bangalore.