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Breaking: Pope Mentions Actual Victims of Violence in Nigeria in Major Push Back
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Breaking: Pope Mentions Actual Victims of Violence in Nigeria in Major Push Back

by  Bada Yusuf
1 min read

Pope Leo XIV, the head of the Catholic Church globally, has reversed his claim that Nigerian Christians are facing genocide in the country. He emphasised that the violence in Nigeria affected Christians, Muslims and other groups in the country.

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The Catholic leader made the push back while speaking to journalists when he left his residence at Castel Gandolfo in the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV has pushed back on the claim that Nigerian Christians are facing genocide in the West African nation.
Pope Leo XIV pushes back on the Christian genocide claim in Nigeria Photo Credit: @VaticanNews
Source: Twitter

His comment was a response to a question posed to him about the safety of Nigerian Christians amid growing Western concerns.

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with over 5 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023) by Legit.ng. Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng

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