Conclave: utsi woyera kapena utsi wakuda?

Timabwereranso m'mbiri, tikudziwa chidwi komanso magawo onse a concla. Ntchito yayikulu pakusankhidwa kwa Papa watsopano.

Mawuwa amachokera ku Latin cum clave ndipo kutanthauza kuti zokhoma. Ndi mawuwa amatchedwa holo, pomwe mwambowu umachitika bambo ndipo ukhale mwambo wokhawo. Ntchitoyi ili ndi mizu yakale kwambiri ndipo idatenga dzina ku Viterbo chakumapeto kwa 1270. Anthu okhala mzindawo adatsekera makadinala mchipinda, adavundula padenga ndikuwathandiza kusankha mwachangu. Papa watsopano pamwambowu anali Gregory x. Zowonadi, Papa woyamba anasankha cum clave anali Gelasius Wachiwiri mu 1118.

Popita nthawi pakhala njira zambiri zomwe zasintha pantchito iyi ya Katolika. Lero limayendetsedwa ndi malamulo achikatolika omwe akhazikitsidwa ndi John Paul Wachiwiri mu 1996. Koma magawo ake onse ndi otani? Zomwe zimachitika mkati mwake ndizobisika ndipo ndizoletsedwa kuti makadinala, omwe ali ndi ntchito yosankha, aziulula ngakhale zitatha. Patsiku lotsegulira msonkhanowu, pambuyo pa miyambo yoyamba, makadinala amakumana mu Sistine Chapel. Wopanga zikondwerero amatulutsa ma omnes owonjezera, mwa alendo onse.

Kuyambira pamenepo, kuvota koyamba kumatha kutha tsikulo. Kuvota kumachitika kuyambira tsiku lotsatiralo pamlingo wokhazikika wa awiri m'mawa ndi awiri masana. Tithokoze ndikusintha komwe kudayambitsidwa ndi Benedict XVI, zimatenga mavoti awiri mwa atatu kuti asankhe pontiff. Ngati izi sizingachitike, pambuyo povota makumi atatu mphambu zinayi popanda zotsatira, chisankho pakati pa omwe akutsogolera akutsogola chikapitilira mavoti awiri apitawa.

Msonkhanowu, utsi woyera komanso kulengeza pagulu.

Wovota aliyense amayimirira pampando wake atanyamula voti yake mmwamba. Lumbira mokweza kuyitana Khristu Ambuye mu umboni wake ndikupita kukaika khadi pa mbale yomwe imayikidwa pa kapu. Kuvota kukangotha, mavoti amawerengedwa. Wosanthula woyamba amatsegula khadi iliyonse, amayang'ana zomwe zalembedwazo ndikuzipereka kwa wopendekera wachiwiri yemwe nayenso amaipereka kwa wachitatu. Wotsirizayo amawerenga dzinalo mokweza, akumakhomerera khadiyo ndikuliyika mu ulusi. Waya uwu womwe umapangidwa umalowetsedwa mu chitofu, ndikuwotcha ndikuwonjezera zowonjezera zomwe zimatsimikizira utoto. Mdima ngati mavoti adatha osachita bwino komanso oyera ngati Papa watsopanoyo agamulidwa.

Pakadali pano osankhidwa kumene amafunsidwa ngati avomereza zisankho zake pamwambapa mtsogoleri, ndi dzina liti. Kenako pamatsatira kuvala ndi chovala chovala choyera komanso zovala zina zomwe zimasiyanitsa Papa. Gawo lomaliza ndilo kulengeza. Kuchokera pakatikati pa tchalitchi cha St. Peter, proto-dikoni amatulutsa chiganizo chotsatirachi: "annuntio vobis gaudium magnum, habemus Papam". Papa watsopano akuwonekera patsogolo pa mtanda wamtanda ndipo apereka mwayi kwa urbi et orbi.