Cardinal Tagle sets out his vision for the Church

Filipino cleric, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, who was named by Pope Francis as his special envoy for the General Conference of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) in Thailand, offered a message of compassion as he closed the meeting on Sunday.

Tagle - who is seen as representing the Church’s progressive wing - has in the past criticised “harsh words” against LGBT Catholics. A guest at the recent Lambeth Conference, Tagle at the time asked whether Christians in the diaspora “still feel like journeyers, or temporary settlers, or guests?”