The spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said in response to the Turkish government that a stamp design had been issued to commemorate the Pope Francis's visit to the region, and included a map that included Turkish Kurdistan as a region, only was suggested by an artist.
Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, spiritual leader of most of the world's Shia Muslims, told Pope Francis in a historic meeting in Iraq on Saturday that the country's Christians should live in "peace."
