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The Filipino cardinal stressed this after his book presentation on Friday evening
GIACOMO GALEAZZI
VATICAN CITY
“The Curia is in need of purification and reform. Every Curia needs purification in order to guarantee the truth” Filipino cardinal, Luis Antonio Tagle told journalists Friday night, when asked if Curia reform was necessary.
Cardinal Tagle was born to a Chinese mother, in Manila, where he is now archbishop. He is a parish priest, rector of a seminary, a theology and philosophy professor, a Second Vatican Council scholar and belongs to Giuseppe Alberigo’s Bologna school of thought. When he finished presenting his book, “Easter People: Living Community”, Tagle answered a question about the Vatican bank (IOR): Is reform needed? “Possibly, after all, Ecclesia Semper Reformanda Est,” the cardinal replied.
At the age of thirty, Cardinal Tagle found himself penniless in America. He earned a living working in a library, transporting packages and boxes. His mother (a former employees – as was his father – of Equitable bank) broke down in tears when she found out. But Tagle would not accept any money from his parents or his brother who was living in the U.S. The cardinal makes good use of television and the internet: He appears regularly on Filipino television, giving commentaries on Sunday readings and his catecheses for young people have been published on the web weekly since 1999. The text contains a series of meditations inspired by the modern world on the one hand, but on the other are deeply rooted in the Gospel of the Resurrection. This can only be adequately proclaimed by prophetic and missionary communities that follow the spirit of the New Testament Church and promote hope and solidarity.
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