The Catholic Bishops Conference
of Nigeria, CBCN, has invited Pope Benedict XVI to Nigeria.
It said that such visit will
strengthen troubled Nigerians and encourage them to cope with different
challenges.
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos,
Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, announced the invitation in an interview with
the Vatican News (the mouthpiece of the Holy See).
He said: “Oh yes! We’re looking
forward to seeing him. Yes, we did invite him and of course, as expected, he
couldn’t give us a response then but we hopeful he would react to that. If he
does come, it will not only strengthen the people, it will also encourage the
people to be able to cope with these different challenges.”
Even though, the Catholic
spiritual head had not responded to the invitation to visit Nigeria, Most Rev.
Martins noted that the Pope was concerned about the killings going on in the
country.
Martins said: “Well, of course,
we also asked him what message he wanted us to take back home as a message to
our people.
“He said we should be courageous,
particularly with regards to the recent troubles with the terrorists that
masquerade as herdsmen.
“He told us to tell our people
that he is with us in spirit and he is with us praying for us; that whatever it
is that is possible in order to ameliorate the situation, he is willing to
journey with us. We thought that was very good.”
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