Tagle to tackle effect of overseas work on Pinoys

Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle will be one of 3 president-delegates in a historic meeting of bishops in the Vatican, where he wants to bring attention to the “dramatic” effect of poverty on Filipino families – the migration of parents or grown-up children to work so they could support families back home. Tagle has always stressed that, for Filipino families, migration due to poverty remains a major challenge that could bring “long-term danger.” He added: “We hope these realities could be brought to the synod – not only from Asia, not only from the Philippines, but many of the poor countries that have been witnessing an exodus of many people.”

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