Papa Francis adzapita ku Iraq mu 2021

Vatican yalengeza Lolemba kuti Papa Francis apita ku Iraq mu Marichi 2021. Adzakhala Papa woyamba kuyendera dzikolo, lomwe likupezabe bwino chifukwa cha kuwonongeka komwe kunachitika ndi Islamic State.

Ulendo wamasiku anayi apapa wopita ku Iraq pa Marichi 5-8 uphatikizira kuyima ku Baghdad, Erbil ndi Mosul. Udzakhala ulendo woyamba wapapa kupitilira chaka chimodzi chifukwa cha mliri wa coronavirus.

Ulendo wa Papa Francis ku Iraq ubwera pempho la Republic of Iraq komanso Mpingo wa Katolika wakomweko, director of the Holy See Press Office Matteo Bruni adauza atolankhani pa 7 Disembala.

Pa ulendowu, Papa akayendera madera achikhristu aku Nineveh Plain, omwe awonongedwa ndi Islamic State kuyambira 2014 mpaka 2016 zomwe zidapangitsa kuti Akhristu athawe mderali. Papa Francis wanena mobwerezabwereza kuti ali pafupi ndi magulu achikhristu omwe akuzunzidwa komanso kuti akufuna kupita ku Iraq.

M'zaka zaposachedwa, nkhawa zachitetezo zalepheretsa papa kukwaniritsa chikhumbo chake chopita ku Iraq.

Papa Francis adati mu 2019 kuti akufuna kupita ku Iraq mu 2020, komabe Vatican idatsimikizira isadayambike ku coronavirus ku Italy kuti palibeulendo wapapa waku Iraq womwe ungachitike chaka chino.

Secretary of State of Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, adayendera Iraq nthawi ya Khrisimasi mu 2018 ndikumaliza kuti dzikolo silikutsimikizirabe zaulendo wapapa panthawiyo.

Pulogalamu yovomerezeka yaulendo woyamba wa atumwi kuyambira pomwe mliri udayambika udzafalitsidwa mtsogolomo ndipo "aganizira zakusintha kwadzidzidzi padziko lonse lapansi," adatero Bruni.

Papa akayendera chigwa cha Uri kumwera kwa Iraq, komwe Baibulo limakumbukira kuti ndi komwe Abrahamu adabadwira. Adzayenderanso mzinda wa Qaraqosh, kumpoto kwa Iraq, komwe akhristu akugwira ntchito yomanganso nyumba zikwizikwi ndi mipingo inayi yowonongeka ndi Islamic State.

Purezidenti wa Iraq, a Barham Salih, adalandira uthenga wonena za ulendowu, polemba pa Twitter pa Disembala 7 kuti: "Ulendo wa Papa Francis wopita ku Mesopotamiya - chiyambi cha chitukuko, komwe Abrahamu adabadwira, bambo wa okhulupirika - adzakhala uthenga wamtendere kwa anthu aku Iraq azipembedzo zonse ndipo akutilimbikitsa kutsata mfundo zomwe tonse timafanana monga chilungamo ndi ulemu ".

Chikhristu chakhala chikupezeka m'chigwa cha Nineve ku Iraq - pakati pa Mosul ndi Iraq Kurdistan - kuyambira mzaka za zana loyamba.

Ngakhale akhristu ambiri omwe adathawa nkhondo ya Islamic State ku 2014 sanabwerere kwawo, omwe adabwerera adayesa kuthana ndi zovuta zakumangidwanso ndi chiyembekezo komanso mphamvu, wansembe wachikatolika wa Katolika, Fr. Karam Shamasha, adauza CNA mu Novembala.

Patatha zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi kuchokera ku nkhondo ya Islamic State, Iraq ikukumana ndi mavuto azachuma komanso kuwonongeka kwakuthupi ndi kwamaganizidwe komwe kunayambitsidwa ndi mkanganowu, wansembeyo adalongosola.

"Tikuyesera kuchiritsa bala ili lopangidwa ndi ISIS. Mabanja athu ndi olimba; adateteza chikhulupiriro. Koma akufuna wina woti, "Mwachita bwino kwambiri, koma muyenera kupitiriza ntchito yanu," adatero.