Upopu uFrancis ufuna uxolo kwiRiphabhlikhi yase-Afrika eseMbindini emva konyulo oluphikisanayo
Upopu uFrancis ubize uLwesithathu ngoxolo kwiCentral African Republic kulandela unyulo olunempikiswano.
Kwintetho yakhe eya kwi-Angelus nge-6 kaJanuwari, indibano ye-Epiphany yeNkosi, upopu uvakalise inkxalabo malunga nesidubedube kulandela ukuvota nge-27 kaDisemba kukhetho lomongameli welizwe kunye neNdlu yoWiso-mthetho.
"Ndiyilandela ngokusondeleyo imicimbi eCentral African Republic kwaye ndinenkxalabo, nalapho bekubanjwe unyulo kutshanje apho abantu bavakalise umnqweno wabo wokuqhubeka nendlela yoxolo," utshilo.
"Ndimema onke amaqela kwingxoxo yabazalwana nehloniphekileyo, ukuba balahle zonke iintlobo zentiyo kwaye baphephe zonke iintlobo zobundlobongela".
Upopu uFrancis unonxibelelwano olunzulu nesi sizwe sihlwempuzekileyo kwaye singenamhlaba esiva ubunzima kwimfazwe yamakhaya ukusukela ngo-2012. Ngo-2015 watyelela eli lizwe, evula iNgcwele yoMnyango wecawa yamaKhatholika kwidolophu elikomkhulu, iBangui, ukulungiselela uNyaka weNceba.
Abalishumi elinesithandathu abagqatswa balungenele unyulo lobongameli. UFaustin-Archange Touadéra, umongameli okwangoku, ubhengeze unyulo kwakhona nge-54% yeevoti, kodwa abanye abagqatswa bathi ivoti ibonakaliswe zizitenxo.
Ngo-4 kaJanuwari ubhishophu wamaKatolika wathi abavukeli abaxhasa owayesakuba ngumongameli bathimbe isixeko saseBangassou. UBhishophu uJuan José Aguirre Muñoz ubhenele emthandazweni, esithi abantwana "ababandakanyeka kubundlobongela" boyika kakhulu ".
Njengothintelo ekusasazeni i-coronavirus, upopu wenza intetho yakhe ye-Angelus kwithala leencwadi leNdlu yabaPostile, kunokuba ayise efestileni ejonge eSt.
Kwintetho yakhe ngaphambi kokufunda i-Angelus, upopu ukhumbule ukuba ngolwesiThathu waphawula ubungangamsha be-Epiphany. Ebhekisa kufundo lokuqala losuku, u-Isaya 60: 1-6, ukhumbule ukuba lo mprofeti wayenombono wokukhanya phakathi kobumnyama.
Echaza lo mbono “njengowangoku ngakumbi kunangaphambili,” wathi: “Ewe, ubumnyama bukho kwaye busoyikisa kubomi babantu bonke nakwimbali yoluntu; kodwa ukukhanya kukaThixo kunamandla ngakumbi. Kufuneka yamkelwe ukuze ikhanyisele wonke umntu ”.
Eguqula iVangeli yosuku, uMateyu 2: 1-12, upopu wathi lo mvangeli wabonisa ukuba ukukhanya "ngumntwana waseBhetelehem".
“Uzalelwe hayi kuphela abanye kodwa kubo bonke abantu ababhinqileyo, abantu bonke. Ukukhanya kokwabantu bonke, usindiso lolwabantu bonke, utshilo.
Uye emva koko wacinga ngendlela ukukhanya kukaKristu okuqhubeka kusasazeka ngayo kwihlabathi liphela.
Uthe: “Ayikwenzi oku ngokusebenzisa iindlela ezinamandla zobukhosi beli hlabathi ezihlala zizama ukuthatha amandla. Hayi, ukukhanya kukaKristu kuyasasazeka ngokubhengezwa kweVangeli. Ngokubhengeza… ngegama kunye nengqina “.
"Kwaye ngale 'ndlela' inye uThixo uyinyulileyo ukuba eze phakathi kwethu: ukuzala, oko kukuthi, ukusondela komnye, ukuhlangana nomnye, ngokuthatha ubunyani bokunye nokunikela ubungqina bokholo lwethu kuye wonke umntu".
“Kungale ndlela kuphela apho ukukhanya kukaKristu, onguLuthando, kungakhanya kwabo bakwamkelayo kwaye batsale abanye. Ukukhanya kukaKristu akwandisi kuphela ngamazwi, ngeendlela ezingezizo, zorhwebo… Hayi, hayi, ngokholo, ngelizwi nangobungqina. Kungoko ukukhanya kukaKristu kuyanda. "
Upopu wongeza wathi: “Ukukhanya kukaKristu akwandisi ukuguqula abantu. Iyandiswa ngobungqina, ngesivumo sokholo. Nokuba ubulawelwe ukholo. "
Upopu uFrancis wathi kufanele ukuba samkele ukukhanya, kodwa singaze sicinge malunga nokuba ngabanini okanye "ukukulawula".
"Hayi. NjengamaMagi, nathi sibizelwe ukuba sizivumele sithabatheke, sitsalwe, sikhokelwe, sikhanyiselwe kwaye siguqulwe nguKristu: Uhambo lokholo, ngomthandazo nokucamngca ngemisebenzi kaThixo, oqhubeka esizalisa ngovuyo nokumangaliswa, ummangaliso omtsha. Lo mmangaliso uhlala ulinyathelo lokuqala lokuya phambili kokukhanya, ”utshilo.
Emva kokucengceleza u-Angelus, upopu wasungula isibheno sakhe kwiCentral African Republic. Uye emva koko wanikezela ngemibuliso yeKrisimesi "kubazalwana noodade baseMpuma, kwiicawa zamaKatolika nezamaOthodoki", abaza kubhiyozela ukuzalwa kweNkosi nge-7 kaJanuwari.
UPapa Francis uqaphele ukuba umthendeleko we-Epiphany uphawule usuku lweHlabathi lobuntwana lobuMishini, olwasekwa ngu-Pope Pius XII ngo-1950. Uthe uninzi lwabantwana kwihlabathi liphela bazakukhumbula lo mhla.
"Ndiyabulela ngamnye kubo kwaye ndibakhuthaza ukuba babe ngamangqina avuyayo kaYesu, bahlala bezama ukuzisa ubuzalwana phakathi koontanga bakho," utshilo.
Upopu uphinde wathumela umbuliso okhethekileyo kwi-Three Kings Parade Foundation, ethi, "icwangcise ukusasaza imisitho yokuhambisa ivangeli kunye nobumbano kwizixeko neelali ezininzi ePoland nakwezinye izizwe".
Ukuqukumbela intetho yakhe, uthe: “Ndikunqwenelela usuku lonke lombhiyozo! Nceda ungalibali ukundithandazela ”.