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PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES HIS HOLINESS LEO XIV ON ELECTION AS BISHOP OF ROME

President Bola Tinubu offers his warmest congratulations to His Holiness Leo XIV on his election as the Bishop of Rome and the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

The President felicitates The Conclave for electing the American Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the 267th Bishop of Rome.

President Tinubu rejoices with the leadership of and congregants of the Catholic Church in Nigeria on the historic election of the new Pontiff whose message of faith and hope already resonates across the globe, with a reassurance from the scriptures of a more peaceful world.

The President affirms the valued relations shared between Nigeria and the Holy See over many years while acknowledging the rewarding partnership with the Catholic Church in peacebuilding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, and, more recently, the promotion of technology in advancing human capacity.

President Tinubu believes the election of Pope Leo XIV opens a new chapter in the history of the Catholic Church and the values of love, humanity and charity, particularly to the underprivileged that it has consistently projected.

President Tinubu prays that the Almighty God will continuously shed his light of glory over the new leader of the Catholic Church and grant him good health and wisdom so that he can reach the world with the message of peace and love.

Bayo Onanuga

Special Adviser to the President

(Information & Strategy)

May 8, 2025

Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!

Donald Trump
President, The United States

The new Pope, Leo XIV, is just not an American. His immediate ancestors are Latino: Spanish and French, and he lived for forty years in our Latin America, in Peru.

I hope he will be the great leader of migrant peoples around the world and I hope he will encourage our Latin American migrant brothers and sisters, humiliated today in the United States. It is time for their organization.

I hope he will help us build the great force of humanity that defends life and defeats the greed that has caused the climate crisis and the extinction of all living things.

Chicago is the great working-class and progressive city of the United States. I feel hope.

Gustavo Petro
President of Colombia

Congratulations to Pope Leo XIV and the Catholic community worldwide. I wish the first Pope from the United States success in fostering hope and reconciliation among all faiths.

Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister, State of Israel

Your Holiness Pope Leo XIV,

I warmly congratulate you on your election as head of the Catholic Church. You give hope and guidance to believers worldwide and are an anchor for justice and reconciliation.

I wish you strength, health, and God's blessing.

Friedrich Merz
German Chancellor

Congratulations to the entire Catholic Church on the election of the new Pope Leo XIV as @Pontifex_es.

May his pontificate contribute to strengthening dialogue and the defense of human rights in a world in need of hope and unity.

Pedro Sanchez
President of Spain

From the bottom of my heart, on behalf of the Polish Nation and on my own behalf, I offer my heartfelt congratulations to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of his election to the See of Rome.

This is a deeply moving moment for the community of the Catholic Church and for the whole world. In Poland, we are experiencing it with great emotion and hope - as a nation which, as Saint John Paul II reminded us, through the 1000-year course of its history, has been bound to the Church of Christ and to the See of Rome by a special bond of spiritual unity.

Please accept the assurance of the readiness of the Republic of Poland to further strengthen these unique bonds - in the name of shared values, responsibility for the common good and the strengthening of peace in the world.

May God guide Your Holiness on the path of this great mission.

Andrzej Duda
President of Poland

On behalf of the Government and the people of Ireland, I offer warm congratulations to Cardinal Robert Prevost on his election as Pope Leo XIV.

Michael Martin
Prime Minister, Republic of Ireland

The election of Pope Leo XIV is a profound moment for the Catholic Church as well as the global community who followed this solemn event with hopeful anticipation.

May the ceremonial white smoke that signalled the consensus of the Conclave prevail over the dark plumes of military bombardments affecting various regions of the world today.

Pope Leo XIV’s early emphasis on peace is a call that resonates with most of humanity and is one that honours the legacy of the late Pope Francis.

South Africa wishes Pope Leo XIV a blessed and transformative papacy that will strengthen faith, unity and social solidarity in the world.”

Cyril Ramaphosa
President of South Africa

Congratulations to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on your election as the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

May your papacy be a shining light of love, hope, and compassion; may it uplift the poor, give voice to the voiceless, heal divisions, and steadfastly champion peace, justice, and the sanctity of human dignity around the world.

May your leadership inspire faith, unity, and moral renewal today and for generations to come. Congratulations!

William Ruto
President of Kenya

Big congrats to pope leo XIV, and well done to president Tinubu for his kind and wise words he always speaks with care and respect.

Congratulations Pope

Hope they will listen to Traore's speech on the late Pope.

Congratulations to the new pope, I am Methodist but I so much like Catholic

May the reign of the new pope bring peace and stability to all corners of the world

Rigging, we won't take it.

Where is the imaginary President of online mobs?

So African man cannot b pope 🧐

People are saying he’s liberal or even shares same view with Francis but I guess not.

Though not as conservative as I wanted, but may not be as sympathetic to wokeism like Pope Francis.

Black people no get shame.

Hmm

It Pope Leo XIV.

Not XVI the mod should correct it, if na to ban my acct now, them go don notice sharply

fergie001:
Donald Trump
President, The United States


Gustavo Petro
President of Colombia


Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister, State of Israel


Friedrich Merz
German Chancellor


Pedro Sanchez
President of Spain


Andrzej Duda
President of Poland


Michael Martin
Prime Minister, Republic of Ireland


Cyril Ramaphosa
President of South Africa


William Ruto
President of Kenya

Oga check your headline again its Pope Leo XIV and not Leo XVI

Congratulations Papa

This is to show how powerful the Pope and Catholic Church is. Other churches should learn from them

Leo XIV not Leo XVI

Leo, Leo who? Leonel Messi. Congratulations

Congratulations Pope Leo XIV and to all the Catholic family

Congratulations to the new Pope 🎉

Is Terrible President Tinubu a world Leader?

Congrats Padre.... May your days be long

mytime24:
So African man cannot b pope 🧐

African had produced 3 pope , as civilize as American they have not produced pope, this is their first pope and they have not complained..

Your headline says pope Leo the 16th (XVI). It should be 14th XIV

What has a Muslim Muslim ticket leadership got to do with a pontificate

fergie001:
Donald Trump
President, The United States


Gustavo Petro
President of Colombia


Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister, State of Israel


Friedrich Merz
German Chancellor


Pedro Sanchez
President of Spain


Andrzej Duda
President of Poland


Michael Martin
Prime Minister, Republic of Ireland


Cyril Ramaphosa
President of South Africa


William Ruto
President of Kenya

Please change the headline to Pope Leo xiv not xvi, thanks.

mytime24:
So African man cannot b pope 🧐

3 from Africa Proconsularis, contemporary Tunisia, western Libya, and eastern Algeria (Pope Victor I, Pope Miltiades, Pope Gelasius I)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes_by_country#:~:text=3%20from%20Africa%20Proconsularis%2C%20contemporary,Evaristus%2C%20and%20Pope%20Theodore%20I)

SoftSport:
Big congrats to pope leo XIV, and well done to president Tinubu for his kind and wise words he always speaks with care and respect.

something that was written and posted on his behalf

As the pope gives a about your massage. You should be congratulating Nigerians for surviving you and your zombies so far.