Bagong cardinal, nawindang nang ma-receive text message na cardinal na pala siya: “Joke?”

– The newly appointed cardinal of the Philippines, Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David took to Facebook following his appointment

– He shared a screenshot of the text message that was sent to him by the procurator at the Collegio congratulating him

– Since he did not know yet that he was appointed, he responde with “joke?”

– It was only when a clip of the pope’s announcement that it dawned on him that he was now a cardinal

Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, has been appointed by Pope Francis as one of the new cardinals.

Cardinal David then shared a screenshot of the conversation he had with the procurator of the Collegio, wherein he even thought that it was a joke.

Here is a portion of the cardinal’s account.

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“The procurator at the Collegio sent me congratulatory message on WhatsApp. I texted back and said, “For what?” He texted again and said, “Na-announce po na Cardinal kayo.” I texted back and said: “Joke?!” That’s when he called me up to say it could not be a joke because the Pope himself had announced it after the 12noon Angelus. And he sent me the video cut-out from the newsfeed of Vatican news. Then i began to receive a deluge of messages.” “

Here is the screenshot and the full post of the cardinal.

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