Dalai Lama congratulates the new leader of Roman Catholic Church Pope Leo XIV

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, May 9: The foremost Buddhist leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama extended his congratulations to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on his election as the head of the Roman Catholic Church, expressing hope and goodwill in a letter addressed to the newly appointed pontiff.

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago in 1995, becomes the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. A member of the Order of St. Augustine, he spent over twenty years in Peru, where he served as Bishop of Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023. He was later appointed by Pope Francis to lead the Dicastery for Bishops in 2023...

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