MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said he was confident that Pope Leo XIV would continue the programs of the late Pope Francis for the poor and neglected, even if these projects might take “different expressions”.
Tagle, the 67-year-old pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelisation, said his answer to this question of continuity is a “resounding yes.”
“Now, will the programs be clones or photocopies? The programs may evolve, and they may take different expressions. But there’s no turning back from that,” Tagle said in a post-conclave press conference on Friday at the Pontificio Collegio Filippino, the residence of Filipino priests studying in Rome.
