Pope Francis vanoshanyira kereke yeIraq yakapiswa neIslamic State

Cathedral huru yeChinhu Chakachena cheAl-Tahira muBakhdida yakasviba mukati mushure mekunge Islamic State yaipisa nemoto mushure mekutora guta muna 2014. Iye zvino kereke yakadzorerwa iri kugadzirira kutambira Papa Francis panguva yerwendo rwake kuenda kuIraq mwedzi unouya. . Papa Francis ndiye achave Pope wekutanga kushanyira Iraq. Rwendo rwake rwemazuva mana kuenda munyika kubva munaKurume 5-8 rinosanganisira kumira muBaghdad, Mosul, uye Bakhdida (inozivikanwawo seQaraqosh). Kereke huru iyo papa achashanyira muBakhdida yakashanda inharaunda yevaKristu iri kukura, kudzamara nyika yeIslam yashandura kereke iyi kuva nzvimbo yekupfura yemukati kubva 2014 kusvika 2016. Mushure merusununguko rweguta kubva kuIslamic State muna 2016, Misa dzakatangazve mukereke huru yakakuvadzwa se MaKristu akadzoka kuzovakazve nharaunda yavo Rubatsiro kuChechi Inoda rakavimbisa kudzoreredza zvakakwana imba yemakereke yakakuvara nemoto mukupera kwa2019.

“Ndinofunga zvakakosha zvikuru kutsigira guta rino nekuti ndicho chiratidzo chikuru chechiKristu muIraq. Kusvika parizvino takarichengeta seguta revaKristu, asi hatizive kuti ramangwana richaunzira chii ”, p. Georges Jahola, mufundisi weBakhdida. Chiumbwa chitsva cheMarian chakavezwa nemuimbi wemuChristu cheko chakaiswa pamusoro pebhero tower yeImbaculate Conception Cathedral muna Ndira. Papa Francis akarongerwa kudzokorora mutumwa uyu muchechi huru iyi muchirongwa cherwendo rwapapa rwekuIraq rwakaburitswa neVatican musi wa8 Kukadzi. Chirongwa chakaburitswa neVictoria chinosimbisawo kuti papa achasangana naAli al-Sistani, mutungamiri wevaShia maMuslim muIraq, mukushanya kwake. Paanosvika kuBaghdad International Airport, papa achasangana nemutungamiri weIraq, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi vasati vashanyira Mutungamiri weIraq, Barham Salih, pamuzinda wemutungamiri wenyika munaKurume 5. Papa achagumisa zuva rake rekutanga muSyria Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation muBaghdad, kwaachataura nemabhishopi emuno, vapirisita, vezvitendero uye vamwe maKatorike eIraq.

Pazuva rake rechipiri muIraq, Pope Francis vachafamba neIraq Airways kuNajaf kunosangana naal-Sistani. Papa anozoenda kubani reUri kumaodzanyemba kweIraq, iro rinonyorwa neBhaibheri senzvimbo yekuzvarwa yaAbrahama. MuUri, papa achapa hurukuro pamusangano wekusanganisa zvitendero musi waKurume 6 asati adzokera kuBaghdad kunopemberera misa muchechi yevaKadheya yeSt. Papa Francis vachashanyira nharaunda dzevaKristu muNineveh Plain pazuva ravo rechitatu muIraq. Nharaunda idzi dzakaparadzwa neIslamic State kubva 2014 kusvika 2016, zvichimanikidza maKristu mazhinji kutiza mudunhu iri. Papa akataura kakawanda kuva kwake pedyo nevaKristu vanotambudzwa. Papa vachatanga kukwaziswa kunhandare yendege yeErbil musi waKurume 7 nevatungamiriri vezvitendero uye vehurumende veIraq Kurdistan vasati vaenda kuMosul kunonamatira varwi vehondo muHosh al-Bieaa square.

Sekureva kwechirongwa ichi, papa achazoshanyira nharaunda yevaKristu vemuBakhdida kuKathedral of the Immaculate Conception, kwaanozoverenga Angelus. Manheru ake ekupedzisira muIraq, Pope Francis vachapemberera misa munhandare muErbil musi waKurume 7 vasati vasimuka kubva kuBaghdad International Airport mangwanani anotevera. Pope Francis vakati muna Kukadzi 8 kuti vari kutarisira kuzotangazve kushanya kwavo kwevaapositori. Kushanya kwake kuIraq richava rwekutanga rwendo rwapapa rwepasi rose mukati megore nekuda kwechirwere checoronavirus. "Kushanya uku chiratidzo chakakosha chekushushikana kweMutsivi waPeter weVanhu vaMwari chakapararira pasirese uye nezve nhaurirano yeHoly See neAmerica," akadaro Papa Francis.