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The Vatican Conclave has started. Are most Cardinals going to choose the Filipino Cardinal Tagle?

If they do, it means they want to go back to their roots.

Philippine Roman Catholicism is still pretty much the same as it was back in the Spanish colonial era, after all, they occupied the archipelago for 300 years! It is also known as the only country still deeply rooted in the "old"/"past" Roman Catholicsm.

If you live here in the #Philippines, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines ("CBCP") is very active in the political arena. They actively oppose same-sex marriage and anything LGBTQ related. They actively block anything related to abortion and divorce. And a lot of other sensitive and/or big topics/issues.

But, who knows?

If Cardinal Tagle becomes the next Pope, his era will be very interesting. Is he going to restore the traditions of Roman Catholicism (which is what the CBCP is probably going to expect) or will he bring in changes to Philippine Roman Catholicism (especially since he's a friend to LGBTQ people)?