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Cardinal David: ‘I cannot predict what Leo has in mind’

‘Prevost died when Pope Leo was born.’

Jason Abellaneda Baguia
Jun 09, 2025
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It was barely four months after Cardinal Pablo David of the Philippines became a cardinal that the pontiff, Pope Francis, died after a stroke on Easter Monday.

The newly minted cardinal found himself soon on a plane bound for Rome, where he joined his brother cardinals in burying the late pope, the springtime general congregations, and the conclave that …

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