Popular head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has come out to express his sadness over the recent slaughter of rice farmers in Nigeria.

He recently had his say on the sad incident and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the attack was very unfortunate and he can only pray that God will welcome them into His peace and comfort their families.

He also prayed for God to convert the hearts of those who commit such horrors, which severely offend His name.

His words, “May God welcome them into His peace and comfort their families; and convert the hearts of those who commit such horrors, which severely offend His name.”

R.I.P.

Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is, as the bishop of Rome, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on 17 December 1936[7] in Flores, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires.[7] He was the eldest of five children of Mario José Bergoglio (1908–1959) and Regina María Sívori (1911–1981). Mario Bergoglio was an Italian immigrant accountant born in Portacomaro (Province of Asti) in Italy’s Piedmont region.

Regina Sívori was a housewife born in Buenos Aires to a family of northern Italian (Piedmontese-Genoese) origin.