Filipino schoolmate of 'brilliant' Cardinal Tagle recounts youth with the papal candidate<br /><br />It was 1973 when Father Robert Reyes first met a young seminarian named Luis Antonio Tagle at the seminary in the Ateneo de Manila University. The country was under martial law, and the seminary was a place of quiet resistance and reflection.<br /><br />"He was this very skinny boy from Imus, Cavite, and very quiet but then if you start talking to him, he's a conversationalist. You can talk, we can talk and he's very intelligent, very friendly,” Reyes told Reuters in an interview from Manila.<br /><br />Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, 67, is emerging as a likely contender to succeed Pope Francis, as the Church eyes leadership beyond Europe and possibly toward Asia or Africa, in next week’s conclave.<br /><br />VATICAN MEDIA / HOST BROADCASTER POOL/ REUTERS VIDEO<br /><br /><br />Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe <br />Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net <br />Follow us: <br />Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook <br />Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram <br />Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter <br />DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion <br /><br />Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital <br /><br />Check out our Podcasts: <br />Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify <br />Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts <br />Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic <br />Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer<br />Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher <br />Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein <br />Soundcloud: https://tmt.ph/soundcloud <br /><br />#themanilatimes<br />#tmtnews<br />#worldnews<br />
