UBenedict XVI ubhiyozela iminyaka yakhe yokuzalwa engama-93
UPopu Emeritus Benedict XVI ubhiyozele usuku lokuzalwa kwakhe lwangama-93 ngolwesine kwindawo awayehlala kuyo eVietnam ngexesha le-coronavirus blockade e-Itali.
Upopu odla umhlala-phantsi, ohlala kumzi weemonki iMatter Ecclesia ngenxa yezizathu zaseVatican, khange abenazindwendwe ngenxa yobhubhane we-COVID-19, ngokuka-Nobhala wakhe, u-Archbishop Georg Ganswein.
UGanswein uxelele iVictoria News nge-16 ka-Epreli ukuba uBenedict ufumene ii-imeyile ezininzi, iileta kunye neefowuni emnqwenelela usuku lokuzalwa olumnandi, kubandakanya nomntakwabo omdala uGeor Ratzinger.
Usuku lokuzalwa lukaBenedict XVI lwaqala ngobuninzi kwigumbi leemonki kwaye kwaquka ukuthandaza nokufunda, utshilo uGanswein. UBenedetto wamamela ezinye zeengoma zesiko ezivela kwiBavaria yakhe yemveli.
UGanswein uthe upopu ovela rhoqo uzigcina enolwazi malunga nobhubhani we-coronavirus kwaye uthandaza mihla le kwabagulayo kunye nokubandezeleka.
"Uye wachaphazeleka ikakhulu ngabefundisi abaninzi, oogqirha kunye nabongikazi abaswelekileyo, ngakumbi emantla e-Itali, ekwenzeni inkonzo yabo kwizigulana ze-coronavirus," utshilo unobhala.
Uye wongeza ukuba uBenedict XVI "uthatha inxaxheba kule ntlungu" kwaye uyayilandela "enexhala", kodwa "akazivumeli ukuba ahluthwe ithemba"
Ngomhla wokuzalwa kwakhe, uBenedict wanikwa ikopi yencwadi entsha ngobomi bakhe, ebhalwe yintatheli yaseJamani uPeter Seewald. Umthamo wokuqala ka "Benedict XVI: ibhayografi" iya kupapashwa ngesiJamani ngoMeyi 4 nangesiNgesi ukuya ngasekupheleni kuka-2020.
UGanswein uthe uSeewald uzimisele ukuhambisa ikopi ye-biography egunyazisiweyo kupopu, kodwa wathintelwa yimeko yangoku yesifo.
UBenedict XVI warhoxa kwisikhundla sobupopu ngo-2013, ecaphula ukwaluphala nokwala amandla okwenze kwanzima ukwenza ubufundisi bakhe. Wayengupopu wokuqala ukurhoxa phantse kwiminyaka engama-600.
Ukusukela ekuthatheni umhlala phantsi, imibhiyozo yokuzalwa kukaBenedict ifake iminyaka embalwa kubandakanya utyelelo oluvela kumntakwabo uGeorg noPapa uFrancis.
Kwileta epapashwe kwiphephandaba lase-Italiya ngoFebruwari ka-2018, uBenedict wabhengeza: "Ndingatsho nje ukuba ukuphela kokwehla kwamandla omzimba, ngaphakathi ndikulomzi wohambo".