Leo XIV calls for end to violence in Nigeria

Pope Leo XIV condemned ongoing violence in Nigeria on Sunday, in the wake of Islamist extremist attacks on a majority-moderate Muslim village in Kwara State that left as many as 200 people dead and much of the town destroyed.

The recent attacks have further advanced fears violence is spreading in the west African nation of 230 million people – Africa’s most populous – with governors of affected states appealing to Nigerian federal authorities as people across the spectrum of opinion in...