In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu will travel with senior Catholic leaders to attend a special Mass marking the beginning of Pope Leo XIV’s tenure as the 267th Bishop of Rome.
According to Onanuga, Cardinal Pietro Parolin sent the invitation from Pope Leo XIV, who said the ceremony reflects “a moment of particular importance for the Catholic Church and the world afflicted by many tensions and conflicts”.
The Pope also expressed a personal connection to Nigeria, stating that the great nation is particularly dear to him as he worked in the Apostolic Nunciature in Lagos during the 1980s.