What’s at stake in Nigeria’s Church-state clash?

What’s at stake in Nigeria’s Church-state clash?

August is normally a quiet month for Catholic news. But not in Nigeria, which has just witnessed a significant clash between Church and state.Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, pictured in 2011. Chatham House/wikimedia CC BY 2.0.The dispute began, ironically, with a relatively cordial July 28 meeting between a delegation of bishops and President Bola Tinubu at the State House in the capital, Abuja.The bishops and the president offered sharply cont…