Ano Jawhar Abdoka, the KRG's Minister of Transport and Communications (right), shaking hands with Pope Leo XIV, Aug. 25, 2025. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan24)
Pope Leo XIV gestures as he addresses the audience as he holds the weekly general audience in St Peter's Square at the Vatican, on Jun. 11, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
The hands of an elderly woman holding a crucifix are seen during a mass in honour of newly elected Pope Leo XIV, in Callao, Peru on May 9, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, left, appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican shortly after his election as the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
