Religion news of the week

It's now Cardinal Tagle.

Ironically, the BBC doesn't notice that a lot of Catholics live outside of Europe: BBC headline shurgs it off as appointing "non European" Cardinals (even though one of them is a Yank, three others are from the Anglosphere, including Tagle who is Archbishop of Manila, which traditionally has a Cardinal in charge )...

By adding six non-Europeans to the number of 114 cardinal electors, the Pope has slightly shifted the geographical demographic of the body which will ultimately choose his successor, though Europeans still make up the majority, at 51%.

As my mom used to say: The British invented racism.

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FYI: The local bishops pooh poohed that the world will end on Dec 21.

“Why should we feel afraid of meeting our Creator? Somebody who is not sinful would be ready to face God anytime,” he said.

“This is why we should start to repent and convert just as we are being called to do especially during the season of Advent to prepare ourselves not only for Christ’s first coming in his birth, but also for his return,” he added.