Pope Francis: ‘The world will miss a genuine leader’ — Bishop Kukah

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Kukah, has mourned the death of Pope Francis, saying the world will miss a genuine leader, a very loving and caring man.

DAILY POST reports that The Vatican announced Pope Francis’ death on Monday morning, noting that he died from a cerebral stroke and subsequent heart failure at the of 88 years.

Bishop Kukah, in a tribute to the late Catholic Church leader, said the late Pope Francis set Jesus free from the walls erected by those Christians who sought to imprison him in cages of dogma by exploiting the message of liberation.

According to him, the late Pope Francis stood with the weak, adding that the world has lost a moral compass with his death.

“In life, Pope Franc...
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