Pope Francis names Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio ‘Ambo’ David on Sunday, October 6, as a new cardinal of the Catholic Church.
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00:00Pope Francis names Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio Ambo David on Sunday, October 6 as a new Cardinal
00:07of the Catholic Church, along with 20 others.
00:10The Pope announces his appointment during his weekly Sunday Angelus at St. Peter's Square
00:14in the Vatican City.
00:16David's new title as Cardinal will be formalized on December 8.
00:19The 65-year-old David is the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines.
00:24He was born in Betis, Guagua, Pampanga.
00:27He is a Bible scholar known for his defense of human rights in the Philippines, especially
00:31during the height of former President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.
00:35His territory, the Diocese of Caloocan, was a hotspot of killings in the Duterte drug
00:39war.
00:40He tells Rappler he will help the Pope as bridge-builder between the universal and local
00:44churches.