Amazwi okugqibela kaPopu Benedict XVI ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe

Iindaba zokusweleka kuka UPopu Benedict XVI, eyenzeka ngoDisemba 31, 2023, yavuselela amazwi ovelwano ehlabathini lonke. Upopu ophumayo, owayeneminyaka engama-95 kuTshazimpuzi ophelileyo, wayengumntu ophambili wobomi obude nobunzulu kwinkonzo yeCawe noluntu.

Uzalwe e Marktl, eBavaria, ngoAprili 16, 1927 phantsi kwegama lika UJoseph Aloisius Ratzinger, uBenedict XVI wayengupopu wama-265 weCawa yamaKatolika yaye engowokuqala ukulahla ubupopu kangangeenkulungwane. Ubupopu bakhe babuphawulwa kukukhusela izithethe zobuKristu, ukukhuthazwa kwe-ecumenism kunye nengxoxo yeenkolo.

Isigqibo sokulahla ubupopu, esabhengezwa ngoFebruwari 11, 2013, sothusa ihlabathi liphela. Benedict XVI, owayefikelele kwiminyaka yobudala 85 iminyaka, wayekhuthaze ukhetho lwakhe ekwaluphaleni nemfuneko yokunikela indawo kubawo omncinane owayekwazi ukujamelana nocelomngeni lwewaka leminyaka elitsha.

Ukusweleka kukaBenedict XVI kuye kwabangela ukusabela kovelwano kwihlabathi liphela. UMongameli weRiphabhliki yaseNtaliyane, USergio Mattarella, wavakalisa usizi lwakhe olunzulu ngokunyamalala kukapopu ongasekhoyo, emchaza “indoda yokholo nenkcubeko, ekwaziyo ukunikela ubungqina kwimilinganiselo yeCawa ngokumanyeneyo nangokungqongqo”.

Amazwi athethwe ngaphambi kokufa

Yintsimbi yesi-3 kusasa nge-31 kaDisemba. UPopu Benedict XVI wayesekhukweni lokufa encediswa ngumongikazi. Ngaphambi kokuba aphefumle okokugqibela uPapa wathi “Yesu ndiyakuthanda“. Amazwi acacileyo nathambileyo awayefuna ukulutywina uthando olukhulu eyayinalo le ndoda ngoYesu.” Esi sigidimi saviwa ngumongikazi owathi ngoko nangoko wasixelela unobhala. Kwakamsinyane emva kokuwabiza, uPope ophumayo wafika endlwini yeNkosi.

Ukubhubha kukaBenedict XVI kushiya isikhewu eCaweni nasebantwini, kodwa umzekelo wakhe wobomi nokholo uya kuqhubeka uvuselela izizukulwana ezizayo. Ilifa layo lokomoya nenkcubeko liya kuhlala lililifa.