UPapa Francis ubhalela abantu abathandekayo baseLebhanon ileta yeKrisimesi
Upopu uFrancis wabhala ileta yeKrisimesi wayibhalela abantu baseLebhanon ebakhuthaza ukuba bathembele kuThixo ngamaxesha obunzima.
“Bantwana abathandekayo neentombi zaseLebhanon, ndinxunguphele kakhulu kukubona ukubandezeleka nosizi oluye lwasingela phantsi ukomelela komthonyama kunye nobuchule beLizwe leMisedare,” ubhale watsho uPope Francis kwileta epapashwe nge-24 kaDisemba.
“Ngale mini yeKrisimesi, nangona kunjalo, 'abantu abahamba ebumnyameni babone ukukhanya okukhulu' - ukukhanya okuqinisekisa uloyiko lwethu kwaye kubethelela kuye ngamnye wethu ithemba eliqinisekileyo lokuba ubonelelo lukaThixo alusoze lushiye iLebhanon. Ngeli xesha ukusuka kosizi ukuya kokulungileyo, ”ubhale watsho.
ILebhanon yajongana nengxaki yezoqoqosho nezopolitiko e2020 eyonyuswe sisibetho esidubulayo kwizibuko laseBeirut nge-4 ka-Agasti. Olu dubulo lwabulala phantse abantu abangama-200, lwenzakalisa amanye ama-600 kwaye lwadala ngaphezulu kwe-4 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kumonakalo.
UKhadinali Bechara Boutros Rai, inkokeli yamaKatolika aseLebanon Maronite, uthe kwinyanga ephelileyo ukungazinzi kwelizwe "kubangele imeko enzima yezoqoqosho, eyonyuse izinga lentlupheko kwaye yabangela ukuphuma kwabantu."
Kwileta kaPopu Francis ethunyelwe kuKhadinali Rai, upopu uvakalise “uthando lwakhe ngabantu abathandekayo baseLebanon,” esongeza ngelithi unethemba lokutyelela eli lizwe ngokukhawuleza.
Upopu usungule isibheno kuluntu lwamazwe aphesheya ukuba "lincedise iLebhanon ukuba lizahlule kwiingxabano zengingqi kunye noxinzelelo".
Uthe "kubuhlungu" kuye ukubona iLebhanon "ihluthwe iminqweno yayo exabisekileyo yokuphila ngoxolo kwaye iqhubeke, ngexesha lethu nakwihlabathi lethu, umyalezo wenkululeko kunye nobungqina bokuhlalisana ngokuvisisanayo".
“Sinceda iLebhanon ukuba ikwazi ukwahlula kwiingxabano zengingqi kunye noxinzelelo. Masincede iLebhanon ukuba yoyise le ngxaki kwaye siqhubeke nobomi obuqhelekileyo ”, wabhala uPopu Francis kwisibheno sakhe.
Ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha sabantu baseLebhanon abahlala kwintlupheko, ngokweKhomishini yezoQoqosho nezeNtlalo yeZizwe eziManyeneyo yeNtshona yeAsia, kwaye amashumi amawaka amaLebhanon aphulukene nemisebenzi ngenxa yokuqhushumba.
Upopu uFrancis ubongoza iinkokheli zopolitiko zaseLebhanon ukuba zisebenzise uxanduva lwazo ukufuna olona luntu lulungileyo kunenzuzo yobuqu.
Upopu ukwasasaze umyalezo okhethekileyo weKrisimesi eSouth Sudan kunye no-Archbishop waseCanterbury u-Justin Welby kunye noMfu Martin Fair, umongameli weCawa yase-Scottish Presbyterian, njengoko wenzayo kunyaka ophelileyo ngeKrisimesi.
Umyalezo oya kwiinkokheli zopolitiko zase-South Sudan uqinisekise ukuzibophelela okuqinileyo ekuziseni uxolo kweli lizwe kunye nomnqweno weenkokeli zonqulo zokundwendwela iSouth Sudan kunye.
“Siyathandaza, kuleKrisimesi, ukuze nibe nokufumana ukuthembana okukhulu phakathi kwenu kunye nesisa senkonzo kubantu benu. Sithandazela ukuba nilwazi uxolo olugqithise ukuqonda ezintliziyweni zenu nasentliziyweni yesizwe senu esikhulu, utshilo lomyalezo.
Kwileta yakhe eya kubantu baseLebhanon, uPopu Francis ukhuthaze amaKhatholika aseMaronite ukuba akhumbule ukuba ukuzalwa kukaKristu kuthetha ukuba uThixo unathi kwaye "sithembele kubukho bakhe nokuthembeka".
"ILebhanon ikhankanywa rhoqo kwiZibhalo eziNgcwele, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo umfanekiso ovela kuMdumisi ubonakala ngokucacileyo:" Ilungisa liya kutyatyamba njengomthi wesundu kwaye likhule njengomsedare waseLebhanon, "ubhale watsho.
“Ebhayibhileni, umsedare obalaseleyo ufuzisela ukuqina, uzinzo kunye nokukhuseleka. Umsedare ufuzisela amalungisa amiliselwe ngokunzulu eNkosini, uphawu lobuhle nokuchuma, abemi kwaye bathwale isiqhamo esininzi nasebudaleni “.
“Njengomsedare, utsalela nzulu kwiingcambu zobomi bakho obuqhelekileyo, ukuze uphinde ube sisizwe sobumbano lobuzalwana. Njengomsedare oxhathisa zonke izivunguvungu, ungenza olona hlobo lweziganeko ezikhoyo ukuphinda ufumane isazisi sakho, esiza kuzisa ivumba elimnandi lokuhloniphana, ukuhlala kunye nobuninzi kwihlabathi liphela ”, utshilo uPope Francis.
"Okwakho kukuchongwa kwabantu abangawashiyi amakhaya abo kunye nelifa labo, isazisi sabantu abangafuniyo ukuncama iphupha labo bakholelwa kwikamva lelizwe elihle nelichumileyo"