Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu in a warm handshake with Pope Leo XIV during the Pope’s inauguration at the Vatican
President Tinubu in a warm handshake with Pope Leo XIV pic.twitter.com/nQTnymdrNJ
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President Bola Tinubu joined other world leaders in Rome, Italy on Sunday for the installation 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.
A video shared on social media by the Nigerian Television Authority revealed the moment Tinubu arrived at the Pope’s first official mass and inauguration.
Tinubu’s visit to Rome is in honour of the new Pope’s invitation, conveyed by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State.