President Tinubu To Attend Pope Leo XIV Inauguration Sunday

BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja

President Bola Tinubu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been selected as one of the World leaders, expected to attend the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Rome.

To this end, President Tinubu will depart Abuja for Rome, the capital of Italy, on Saturday at the invitation of Pope Leo XIV.

Tinubu will be accompanied by top leaders in Catholic Church, Nigeria.

He will attend a solemn mass marking the beginning of the Pontificate of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, the 267th Bishop of Rome and the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

In the Papal invitation sent by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Pope Leo XIV underscored the need for President Tinubu's physical presence at a moment of particular importance for the Catholic Church and the world afflicted by many tensions and conflicts.

Pope Leo said: "Your great nation is particularly dear to me as I worked in the Apostolic Nunciature in Lagos during the 1980s."

President Tinubu's entourage includes the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu; Archbishop of Owerri and President of Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria, Archbishop Lucius Ugorji; Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja, and Alfred Martins of Lagos.

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah is also expected in the president's entourage.

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, will be formally installed to the exalted office on Sunday, May 18, at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican.

The Conclave of Cardinals elected him 27 days after his predecessor, Pope Francis, died on April 21, 2025.

President Tinubu will return to Abuja on Tuesday, May 20.

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