Pope Francis presides over a mass for the jubilee of the armed forces in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Feb. 9, 2025. (Photo: Alessandra Tarantino / AP))
Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Dec. 25, 2024. (Photo: AP)
Pope Francis (right) tours ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (al-Tahira-l-Kubra), in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, March 7, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)
Pope Francis holds a figurine of baby Jesus during the Christmas Eve mass at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, Dec. 24, 2023. (Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP)
Pope Francis (right) tours ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (al-Tahira-l-Kubra), in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, March 7, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)