Ukukhulelwa okungagungqiyo: UPopu uFrancis urhoxisa isenzo sokuhlonela ngenxa yobhubhane
IVatican ibhengeze ukuba uPopu uFrancis akazukundwendwela iSpanish Steps eRoma kulo nyaka ngenjongo yokuhlonelwa kukaMariya kwiNdibano yesizalo esingaKhulelwa ngenxa yesifo.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uFrancis, uya kuphawula umthendeleko "ngesenzo sokuzinikela ngasese, ebeka isixeko saseRoma, abemi bayo kunye nabantu abaninzi abagulayo kwiindawo zonke zehlabathi kuMama wethu", utshilo umlawuli we-Holy See Kwiofisi yeendaba Matteo Bruni.
Iya kuba sisihlandlo sokuqala ukusukela ngo-1953 ukuba uPopu anganikeli unqulo lwesiqhelo lomfanekiso oqingqiweyo we-Immaculate Conception kumthendeleko we-8 kuDisemba. UBruni uthe uFrancesco akazukuya ezitratweni ethintela abantu ekuqokeleleni nasekudluliseni intsholongwane.
Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo we-Immaculate Conception, kufutshane neSpanish Steps, uhleli ngaphezulu kwekholamu emalunga neenyawo ezingama-40. Yanikezelwa ngoDisemba 8, 1857, kwiminyaka emithathu emva kokuba uPopu Pius IX ebhengeze umthetho ochaza imfundiso ye-Immaculate Conception kaMariya.
Ukusukela ngo-1953 ibisisithethe koopopu ukuhlonipha umfanekiso womhla womthendeleko, ngembeko yesixeko saseRoma. UPopu Pius XII wayengowokuqala ukwenza njalo, ehamba phantse iikhilomitha ezimbini ngeenyawo ukusuka eVatican.
Abacimi-mlilo baseRoma badla ngokubakho emthandazweni, behlonipha indima yabo ekusungulweni komfanekiso ngo-1857. Kwakukho nosodolophu waseRoma kunye namanye amagosa.
Kwiminyaka edlulileyo, uPapa Francis washiya iintyatyambo zeentyatyambo kuMariya oyiNtombikazi, enye yazo yabekwa kwisandla esoluliweyo somlilo ngabacimi-mlilo. Upopu ukwenze nomthandazo wokuqala wosuku lomthendeleko.
Umthendeleko we-Immaculate Conception yiholide yesizwe e-Italiya kwaye izihlwele zihlala zihlanganisana kwibala ukuze zibone ukuhlonelwa.
Njengokwesiko laseMarian, uPapa Francis uza kuphinda akhokele umthandazo ka-Angelus kwifestile ejonge iSt.Peter's Square ngomhla we-8 kuDisemba.
Ngenxa yobhubhane oqhubekayo, iinkqubo zikapapa zeKrisimesi zaseVatican ziya kwenzeka kulo nyaka ngaphandle koluntu.