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Buhari, Kaigama Mourn Benedict XVI

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Archdiocese, His Grace Ignatius Kaigama, have mourn the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
This was stated on Thursday at a requiem mass in honour of Pope Benedict at the Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro Cathedral Abuja.
Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Tallen, condoled the Vatican, Clergies and Catholics over the Pope’s death and described him as a true servant of God.
“I hope he will be remembered as a true servant of God, who lived in humility and peace.
“I pray God to accept his soul whom he lived to serve all his life,” he said.
On his part, Kaigama said the Pope’s death was a reminder that we belonged to Christ and our request to return to him could be any time.
He said the church was consoled that the pope lived a long prayerful and productive life.
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The cleric outlined lessons to be learned about the life and times of the pope to include, his focus on bringing God back to the centre of all human endeavour.
“He also addressed the need to purify the church and ourselves.
“He hated and discouraged bribe; he faced up the issues of immorality-sexual abuse, abortion, homosexuality.
“He stressed the importance of interreligious and intercultural dialogue. He worked to build bridges between Christian and other faiths.
“The Pope was interested in a true meaningful dialogue and unity of the church.
“The pope showed interest in dialogue and econiumcum of the church
“After his surprise resignation, Benedict the 16th was only known to have left the Vatican briefly and was rarely seen in public.
“He had a very cordial relationship with other church leaders,” he said.
