{"id":39031,"date":"2015-01-19T23:07:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T15:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=39031"},"modified":"2015-01-19T23:23:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T15:23:00","slug":"tagle-on-popes-next-visit-to-the-phl-the-holy-father-will-have-to-decide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/19\/tagle-on-popes-next-visit-to-the-phl-the-holy-father-will-have-to-decide\/","title":{"rendered":"Tagle on Pope\u2019s next visit to the PHL: \u201cThe Holy Father will have to decide\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (left) with His Holiness Pope Francis doing the sign language for “I love you” during the ‘Encounter with Families’ event at the Mall of Asia Arena, January 16, Friday. (Vatican Instagram account)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Catholic Filipinos are greatly hoping for the immediate return of Pope Francis in the Philippines after his successful five-day State and Pastoral visit from Jan. 15-19, 2014.<\/p>\n

Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, in a briefing after the Pontiff\u2019s departure to Rome Monday, said the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has formally invited the Pope to attend the International Eucharistic Congress to be held in Cebu in January 2016.<\/p>\n

He said he does not know if the Pope will attend the event since he just concluded his trip to the country.<\/p>\n

“Tingnan natin. Kung pupunta sya — Wow. Salamat <\/em>(Let’s see. If he’ll come back — Wow. Thank you),” he said.<\/p>\n

“But it is the decision of the Holy Father. The event is there but the Holy Father will have to decide,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Tagle said people were overwhelmed right now because of the Pope\u2019s visit, thus, he called on all the people to \u201cspend time relishing the event.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dThe event is so deep \u2013 so deep. There is so much to reflect on, so much to pray over, so much to learn. And it is only in meditation, in prayer, in silence, that we can really get to the depths of the profound meaning of this event,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Tagle dubbed the event as \u201can act of communion, an act of solidarity\u201d and \u201ca miracle in itself\u201d since people showed so much sacrifice.<\/p>\n

For one, the Cardinal said some people woke up as early as 2 a.m. Sunday to attend the concluding mass at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila but were not even able to go to the Luneta Park quadrant.<\/p>\n

Tagle said the effect of Pope Francis\u2019 visit was similar to that of Pope John II\u2019s when the latter went to the Philippines in 1995 for the World Youth Day \u201cbut we need to allow that (effect) to deepen.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said everyone who were touched by the Pope\u2019s visit should reflect on the spiritual and missionary message of the event.<\/p>\n

\u201dLet us think about it. Let us feel what we have thought about and then do according to the impulse of ideas and a profound spiritual and pastoral challenges,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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