The Holy See said the new pope is set to keep Mr Francis’s top employees in the Vatican in place for the time being.
“The increasingly frequent kidnappings in Nigeria are extremely concerning.
The operation will be performed under general anaesthetic in a procedure involving an abdominal cavity incision.
“Why today Tinubu is not the vice-president of Nigeria is the same reason he cannot be president.”
The tornadoes ripped through six states, causing deaths in at least five of them.
The Vatican has rejected criticism from senior Israeli rabbis over remarks by Pope Francis about Jewish books of sacred law.
