PM Barzani congratulates Pope Leo XIV on his election as new leader of Catholic Church
“On behalf of the Kurdistan Regional Government, I extend my heartfelt congratulations to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on his election as the pastoral leader of the Catholic Church worldwide,” the Prime Minister said.
ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Thursday in a post on X, congratulated Pope Leo XIV on his election as the new leader of the Catholic Church.
“On behalf of the Kurdistan Regional Government, I extend my heartfelt congratulations to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on his election as the pastoral leader of the Catholic Church worldwide,” the Prime Minister said.
He also added that “May his papacy be marked by peace, interfaith dialogue, and reconciliation.”
Robert Francis Prevost was born on Sept. 14, 1955, in Chicago, the son of Louis Marius Prevost and Mildred Martínez. As a child, he served as an altar boy at St. Mary of the Assumption Church on the far South Side of Chicago. Prevost completed his secondary education at the minor seminary of the Order of St. Augustine in 1973. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Villanova University in 1977. Prevost is fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese, and can read Latin and German.
On May 8, 2025, the second day of the 2025 papal conclave, Prevost was elected as the first pope from North America and the United States, assuming the name Leo XIV.
On behalf of the Kurdistan Regional Government, I extend my heartfelt congratulations to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on his election as the pastoral leader of the Catholic Church worldwide.
— Masrour Barzani (@masrourbarzani) May 8, 2025
May his papacy be marked by peace, interfaith dialogue, and reconciliation -mb.
