Dalai Lama shares joy of historic ascension of Pope Francis
(03-14 19:03)
The Dalai Lama congratulated Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio on his election as pope and lauded his decision to become the first pontiff to go by the name Francis.
The 77-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader expressed his “sense of joy’’ in a letter to the first pope from the Americas, AFP reports.
“May I offer you my greetings and sense of joy on your historic election as the pope,'' the Nobel Peace Prize winner wrote from his northern Indian hilltop headquarters of Dharamsala. “Although I am not very familiar with many Catholic saints, I do know about St Francis, having visited Assisi and attended inter-religious gatherings there,’’ the Dalai Lama said.
“I am moved to know that his is the name you have chosen for your papacy,’’ he said, recalling his meetings with many predecessors of the archbishop from Buenos Aires.
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