LAGOS UNIVERSITY MUSLIM COMMUNITY FELICITATES WITH CATHOLICS ON NEW POPE
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The Muslim community at Lagos State University has congratulated Catholics on the election of a new pope, characterising him as a symbol of global harmony.
LASUMC added that the next pope’s 14-year stay in Peru’s poorest and most disadvantaged regions had equipped him for the difficult job.
On Thursday, Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the 267th Pope, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Pope Leo XIV was the title he took on.
In a congratulatory message on Friday in Lagos, the LASUMC Chief Imam, Prof. Amidu Sanni said, “On behalf of the Muslim community of LASU, I send a goodwill message to the 1.4 billion catholic faithful on the successful selection of Cardinal Robert Prevost as the 267th Pontiff.”
Sanni said that the Pope had a rich background of an uncommon rapprochement with the poor and ordinary priests.
“Pope Leo’s first public address as the first American Pontiff strikes a philosophical note if juxtaposed with the world perception of the current leadership in the U.S. as he also advocates peace over power.
“His call for disarmament and reconciliation in all conflict zones of the world also strikes a moral chord in a tumultuous world that is bedevilled by violent conflicts, fear, trade wars, deep political divides, nuclear threats, and disrespect for human dignity.
“Let me use this opportunity to call on African leaders to imbibe this new spirit of love and public good which is being engendered by the new pontiff in order to create a new regime of trust and goodwill between the leadership and the followership,” he said.
NAN reports that Pope Leo XIV emerged in a second round of ballots on Thursday after the first ballot on Wednesday failed to produce a new pope.
A total of 133 cardinals elected the new Pope, who is the first Pope born in the U.S. and the first North American Pope.
He was born on Sept. 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Pope Leo XIV holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics (1977), a Master of Divinity from the Catholic Theological Union, Chicago (1982), and a Licentiate and Doctorate in Canon Law from Pontifical College of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome (1984, 1987).
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