Pope Leo XIV of the Vatican extended congratulations to Iraq on Wednesday on the occasion of the 93rd anniversary of Iraq’s National Day.
According to a statement from the Presidency of the Republic, President Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid received a congratulatory telegram from His Holiness the Pope on this national occasion.
The following was included in the congratulatory message:
_His Excellency Dr. Abdul Latif Rashid
President of the Republic of Iraq
Baghdad_
On the occasion of your National Day, I am pleased to extend my warmest greetings to Your Excellency and your citizens, praying to God to strengthen the nation in its pursuit of justice, peace, and solidarity. I also pray that God bestows upon the people of Iraq an abundance of divine blessings.