Pope Francis congratulates, offers prayers for Marcos (Philippine News Agency)

Archbishop Charles Brown, the apostolic nuncio in the Philippines, recently said he had a “very productive, encouraging, and positive discussion” with Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., the nation’s newly elected president.

Ferdinand Marcos, the victor’s father, was the nation’s authoritarian leader from 1965 to 1986. The nation’s bishops were instrumental in the brief People Power Revolution that led to the end of the Marcos regime.