The Philippines has produced a total of nine cardinals. Two are currently serving.
Pope Francis greets William Cardinal Goh, Archbishop of Singapore, at an investiture ceremony for new cardinals at Vatican City on Sunday, August 27 2022. was a surprise even to the 65-year-old, as he told Vatican News in July.
"So everybody who in St. Peter's Square excited, especially those Singaporeans who were there. They started messaging Singaporeans in Singapore, 'Eh our Archbiship is now made a cardinal, the Pope just announced it'," recalled Father Ignatius Yeo, 49, with a smile. As one of the pontiff's top advisors and administrators, one of Cardinal Goh's rights is to be incorporated into the clergy in Rome, noted Father Yeo. Therefore, on the day of his investiture, he was assigned a titular church in the diocese of Rome — the Church of Santa Maria Regina Pacis in Ostia Lido.
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