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Members of the clergy, friends, and relatives gather for the solemn Thanksgiving Mass of Most Rev. Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David at the San Roque Cathedral in Caloocan City on December 14, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

Members of the clergy, friends, and relatives gather for the solemn Thanksgiving Mass of Most Rev. Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David at the San Roque Cathedral in Caloocan City on December 14, 2024. Pope Francis formally elevated Pablo Virgilio David to the rank of cardinal in the Catholic Church during the Ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of New Cardinals at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican last December 7, 2024.  Maria Tan, ABS-CBN news=--==

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173737710905220241214-cardinal-pablo-david-thanksgiving-MT06.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Members of the clergy, friends, and relatives gather for the solemn Thanksgiving Mass of Most Rev. Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David at the San Roque Cathedral in Caloocan City on December 14, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News"/>Members of the clergy, friends, and relatives gather for the solemn Thanksgiving Mass of Most Rev. Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David at the San Roque Cathedral in Caloocan City on December 14, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</div>Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David shared his experiences after being appointed the tenth cardinal from the Philippines.More than a month after he was appointed cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal David, also called Cardinal Ambo, continued his mission in the Diocese of Kalookan, and as the head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).According to Cardinal David, it was a big surprise and responsibility to be given a new role in the Church.&quot;I had to tell myself that this is not about me, that this is about what God was asking of me. I felt that at that moment that I was being assigned to do something, what exactly it was going to be I did not know yet so I had to say &#x27;It&#x27;s up to you, Lord&#x27;,&quot; he shared in an interview with Rico Hizon on &quot;Beyond the Exchange&quot; on ANC.Cardinal David also shared his conversation with Pope Francis during his appointment.&quot;I said, &#x27;Holy Father, you changed my life without even an advance notice,&#x27; I said. Not even a hint. And then he looked at me and then he looked at my ID and he said, &#x27;Oh, you&#x27;re that bishop from, how do you pronounce that diocese, is that Kalukan?&#x27;...He held my hand and he said, &#x27;don&#x27;t make a big deal of it, okay?&#x27; and he said, &#x27;learn to take things with a grain of divine humor&#x27;,&quot; he said.Cardinal David is one of those who voiced out his opposition to the Duterte administration&#x27;s war on drugs.He said it is the Church&#x27;s responsibility to take part in uplifting the welfare of the country.&quot;Pope Francis says in 2023 that everyone must be a part of this political process for everyone’s common good? - and that’s what politics is about, by the way. The pursuit of the common good. Unfortunately in our country, the direction of our politics is really patronage...That’s a very wrong model of politics,&quot; Cardinal David said.The Philippines&#x27; tenth cardinal, likewise, expressed his views on the issue of divorce.&quot;So will divorce be legalized in the Philippines, I don’t know, but it’s not going to be the end of the world if it will. Because you know, other Catholic countries, &#x27;formerly&#x27; other Catholic countries in the world have had to deal with (divorce), so we will deal with it the way other Catholic countries have dealt with it. We’ll just hold on to our basic beliefs about marriage,&quot; Cardinal David said.Cardinal David also has this message for Catholics this Jubilee Year.&quot;The Jubilee Year is about hope. And so my basic message is, let us not give up on humanity. It&#x27;s like let us never equate our humanity with sinfulness and hopelessness, we’re not hopeless. We’re sinful, but we are graced so we’re loved by God,&quot; he said.<div>- report by Rico Hizon, ABS-CBN News</div>

Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David shared his experiences after being appointed the tenth cardinal from the Philippines.

Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David shared his experiences after being appointed the tenth cardinal from the Philippines.

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Cardinal David reflects on new roles and responsibilities in the Church

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