His elevation into the College of Cardinals to advise Pope Francis has initially overwhelmed Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Quevedo with the magnitude of the challenges he faces, but says he will humbly serve the people through the Pope in his new role.

“I feel very insecure. I have always been very self-confident, but this one fills me with trepidation, with a sense of great inadequacy not only because I’m being raised with a new title, with new authority, but as an adviser to the Pope,” Quevedo said.

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