Breaking: Reason new Catholic Pope invites Tinubu to Vatican emerges

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV has invited President Bola Tinubu to his inauguration scheduled for Sunday, May 18. The presidency explained that the president volition depart Abuja for Rome, the superior of Italy, connected Saturday, May 17.

According to the connection signed by Tinubu's peculiar advisor connected accusation and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Nigerian president volition beryllium attending the solemn mass, which volition people the opening of the Pontificate of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Leo XIV invites Bola Tinubu for his inauguration Photo Credit: @officialABAT, @VaticanNews
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The caller Pope is the 267th Bishop of Rome and the caller person of the Roman Catholic Church. The invitation was said to person been sent to President Tinubu done Cardinal Pietro Parolin, wherever Pope Leo XIV personally requested the carnal beingness of the Nigerian president.

Pope Leo XIV explained that Tinubu's carnal beingness was important due to the fact that the lawsuit was a large relevance for the Catholic Church and the world, which has been afflicted by galore tensions and conflicts.

The Pope's invitation missive to Tinubu reportedly reads successful part:

"Your large federation is peculiarly beloved to maine arsenic I worked successful the Apostolic Nunciature successful Lagos during the 1980s."

According to the presidency, President Tinubu volition beryllium joined connected the travel by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, and the Archbishop of Owerri and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria, Archbishop Lucius Ugorji.

Others connected the entourage database are the Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja, Alfred Martins of Lagos, and the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah.

Pope Leo XIV, who was formerly known arsenic Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, volition beryllium officially installed successful the respected bureau of the Pope astatine St. Peter's Square successful the Vatican connected Sunday, May 18. President Tinubu was scheduled to instrumentality to Nigeria connected Tuesday, May 20.

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