Cardinal David: Pope Francis backed him when he took on a Philippines president. Now he's voting in the conclave

"Not even in my wildest imagination did I think this would happen," Cardinal David tells the BBC.

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He was speaking to the BBC at his cathedral in Caloocan, on the outskirts of the Philippine capital Manila. He was leaving the next day for Rome to join the conclave, one of three cardinals from the country who will take part in choosing the next pope.

"Normally you would expect archbishops to become cardinals, but I am only a humble bishop of a little diocese where the majority of the people are slum dwellers, urban poor, you know.

"But I thought just maybe, for Pope Francis, it mattered that we had more cardinals who are really grounded there."

Cardinal David has only been in the job for five months, after his surprise elevation last December. But in some ways he personifies the late pontiff's legacy in his country.