Posts Tagged ‘Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples’

Concern at populist leaders ‘hijacking’ religion

Monday, March 15th, 2021
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Vatican Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is worried about the way populist leaders are “hijacking” religion. They are doing this by sowing division and exploiting the anger of those who feel excluded, he says. The Filipino prelate (pictured), who is the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, aired his concerns – and some Read more

Cardinal Tagle gets major evangelisation role in Rome

Monday, December 9th, 2019

Pope Francis, Sunday, named Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle to lead the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples. In what some are calling a very significant move, the 62-year-old Archbishop of Manila will move to Rome to oversee the work of the Catholic Church in Asia, Oceania, New Zealand and most dioceses in Africa. These areas Read more

Evangelisation congregation denies mismanaging property

Friday, November 27th, 2015

The Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples strongly denied accusations of cronyism in renting out properties in Rome. The Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples promotes evangelisation and missionary cooperation around the globe and has special responsibility for bishops, dioceses and developing jurisdictions in Africa, the Far East and parts of the Pacific and Latin Read more