When Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle takes the reins at the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples this month, he will face a host of challenges. Some of them will be local, but they will all be global in scope. It will be a difficult undertaking and he will be on a steep learning curve.
Propaganda Fide – that’s the Latin shorthand for the soon-to-be “superdicastery” which Pope Francis has asked Cardinal Tagle to lead – has a worldwide mandate.
It will ultimately be responsible for all the institutional missionary activity of the Church, including the training of missionary clergy and the appointment of bishops to mission territories.
