Meet the conclave: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle
His route from aspiring medical student to Asia’s best-known Catholic leader.
Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle initially planned to become a doctor. One day, his pastor encouraged him to sit an exam at the Jesuit-run Ateneo de Manila University, claiming it would lead to a medical school scholarship if he passed. Tagle discovered later it was a seminary entrance exam — and he had failed.
