UPopu Benedict uyaliyeka ilifa lomntakwabo ongasekhoyo

UPopu u-Benedict XVI odla umhlala-phantsi ulalile ilifa lomntakwabo uGeorg, owasweleka ngoJulayi, i-arhente yeendaba yama-Katolika eJamani ixele.

Ngesi sizathu "amalungelo kaGeorg Ratzinger aya kwi-Holy See," utshilo uJohannes Hofmann, umphathi wecawe iSt. Johann Collegiate, uxelele iphephandaba lemihla ngemihla iBild am Sonntag. Umbhalo obhaliweyo kaMsgr. Isivumelwano sikaRatzinger, utshilo.

Indlu eseRegensburg, eJamani, apho uMsgr. URatzinger uhlala kwiSt. Johann's, itsho ingxelo. Ilifa likaMonsignor liqulethwe ikakhulu ziingoma, amanqaku avela kwikwayala yaseRegensburg Domspatzen, ilayibrari encinci kunye neefoto zosapho.

UBild am Sonntag ngokungachazwanga wacaphula imfihlo kaPapa Benedict esithi "uyakufumana inkumbulo enye okanye ezimbini". Nangona kunjalo, wayeziphethe iinkumbulo zomntakwabo "entliziyweni yakhe", ke lo mntu uneminyaka engama-93 "akasafuneki ukuziqwebela izinto eziphathekayo".

UMgr Ratzinger, 96, usweleke eRegensburg ngomhla woku-1 kuJulayi. Upopu odla umhlala-phantsi watyelela umkhuluwa wakhe phakathi kuJuni emva kokuba impilo yakhe inkenenkene.

UBhishophu Ratzinger wayesisalamane sokugqibela esidla umhlala-phantsi sikaPopu Benedict. Waqhuba ikwayala yaseRegensburg Domspatzen ukusukela ngo-1964 ukuya ku-1994