The new cardinal from Madagascar was close to being mobbed inside the Vatican’s Synod Hall. Désiré Tsarahazana, Archbishop of Toamasina, a humble pastor happiest ministering among his people in countryside villages, was being greeted by ecstatic Madagascans after receiving his red hat from Pope Francis.
04 July 2018, The Tablet
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