I-conclave: umsi omhlophe okanye umsi omnyama?

Siphinda sibuyele emva kwimbali, siyayazi iminqweno kunye nazo zonke iindawo ze- conclave. Umsebenzi ophambili kunyulo lukaPopu omtsha.

Eli gama livela kwiglum yesiLatin kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo lithetha ukutshixwa. Ngeli xesha libizwa ngokuba yiholo zombini, apho umsitho wonyulo wento entsha uqhubeka khona ubaba kwaye mayibe sisiko ngokwalo. Lo msebenzi uneengcambu zakudala kakhulu kwaye uthathe igama lawo eViterbo kude kwangowe-1270. Abemi besi sixeko batshixela iikhadinali egumbini, bavule uphahla kwaye babenza bakwazi ukuthatha isigqibo ngokukhawuleza. Upopu omtsha kweso siganeko yayinguGregory x. Ngokwenyani, uPopu wokuqala wanyula i-cum clave UGelasius II kwi1118.

Ekuhambeni kwexesha zininzi iinkqubo ezitshintshileyo kulo msebenzi wamaKatolika. Namhlanje ilawulwa ngumgaqo-siseko wamaKatolika opapashwe yi John Paul II ngo-1996. Kodwa zithini zonke izigaba zayo? Okwenzeka ngaphakathi kuyo kuyimfihlo kwaye akuvumelekanga ukuba iikhadinali, ezinomsebenzi wokukhetha, ziyityhile nasemva kokugqitywa kwayo. Ngosuku lokuvula lwe-conclave, emva kwezithethe zokuqala, iikhadinali ziyahlangana ISistine Chapel. Inkosi yemibhiyozo ibhengeza ii-omnes ezongezelelweyo, kubo bonke abantu ongabaziyo.

Ukusukela ngalo mzuzu ukuya phambili, ivoti yokuqala inokubanjelwa ukuphelisa usuku. Ukuvota kwenzeka kusuku olulandelayo ngexabiso elimiselweyo lesibini kusasa kunye neyesibini emva kwemini. Enkosi kuhlaziyo olwenziwe ngu Benedict XVI, kuthatha iivoti ezibini kwisithathu ukukhetha ipapa. Ukuba oku akwenzeki, emva kokuvota okungamashumi amathathu anesine kungekho ziphumo, ivoti phakathi kwabagqatswa ababini abakhokelayo iyaqhubeka emva kweevoti ezimbini zokugqibela.

I-conclave, umsi omhlophe kunye nokwazisa esidlangalaleni.

Umvoti ngamnye uphakama esihlalweni sakhe ebambe ivoti yakhe phezulu. Funga ngokuvakalayo ubiza UKristu iNkosi kubungqina bakhe kwaye uyokubeka ikhadi kwisitya esibekwe kwityuwa. Nje ukuba kugqitywe ukuvota, kubalwa iivoti. Umxeleli wokuqala uvula ikhadi ngalinye, ajonge okubhaliweyo kuyo aze ayigqithisele kummkeli wesibini athi naye aligqithisele kolwesithathu. Elokugqibela lifunda igama ngokuvakalayo, ligqobhoza ikhadi kwaye liyifaka kumsonto. Olu cingo luqulathiweyo lufakwa esitovini, luze lutshiswe ngokudityaniswa kwezongezo ezichaza umbala womsi. Mnyama ukuba ivoti iphele ngaphandle kwesiphumo kunye nomhlophe ukuba uPapa omtsha ugqityiwe.

Okwangoku umntu osanda kunyulwa uyabuzwa ukuba uyalamkela na unyulo lwe-canonical phezulu papa, kwaye ngaliphi igama. Emva koko kulandela ukugqoka nge-cassock emhlophe kunye nezinye iingubo ezahlula umfanekiso kaPapa.Inyathelo lokugqibela lelo libhengezo. Ukusuka kwi-loggia esembindini we-St Peter's Basilica, i-proto-deacon ivakalisa esi sivakalisi silandelayo: "annuntio vobis gaudium magnum, enkosi Papam". UPopu omtsha ubonakala elandelwa ngumnqamlezo wenkqubo kwaye uya kunika urbi et orbi intsikelelo.