
Pope Francis received a delegation from the Nigerian Diocese of Ahiara in private audience on June 8, 2017, and he called an ongoing ethnic conflict, sparked by an appointment of a bishop in the diocese ‘unacceptable,’ reported the Holy See Press Office in a statement today.
In the course of their stay in Rome, the delegation”s members took part in the celebration of morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta with Pope Francis. They also met with the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, and the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Fernando Filoni.