Taiwan congratulates Leo XIV on being elected new pope

President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) has congratulated Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on being elected as the new leader of the Catholic Church, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said in a statement on Friday.

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