Pope Francis meets Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (C) and a group of migrants during the Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis named Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle on Sunday to a major global Vatican post in a move likely to increase the Filipino's chances of one day being elected pope himself.
The Vatican said the 62-year-old archbishop of Manila will move to Rome to become head of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, which oversees the Roman Catholic Church's work in many developing countries.
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