Umaskandi uPope Francis uya kuhambo olothusayo lwe-Immaculate Conception
Ngomthendeleko wangoLwesibini we-Immaculate Conception, uPope Francis wenza utyelelo olothusayo e-Piazza di Spagna e-Roma ukuya kuhlonipha iNtombikazi uMariya, kunye ne-basilica yase-Santa Maria Maggiore, apho abhiyozela khona ubunzima babucala.
Qho ngonyaka kumsitho womthendeleko-umnyhadala wokubhiyozela ukukhulelwa okungenasono kukaMariya-upopu undwendwela ikholamu eyaziwayo ye-Immaculate Conception ye-Virgin Mary e-Piazza di Spagna ukubeka isithsaba kunye nokuthandaza kuMama kaThixo.
Xa upopu ehamba, isikwere sonke sigcwele ngabantu bendawo kunye nabakhenkethi, bepakisha iibhegi zabo ukuze bajonge upopu, beve umthandazo wakhe, kwaye benze isenzo sabo sokuzinikela. Isiseko somfanekiso oqingqiweyo sihlala silayishwe ngeentyatyambo ngexesha lomthendeleko.
Upopu wayengalindelwanga ukuba ahambe kulo nyaka ngenxa yeenkxalabo ezinxulumene nobhubhane we-coronavirus. IVatican ibhengeze nge-30 kaNovemba ukuba endaweni yokuya ePiazza di Spagna njengesiqhelo, uFrancis uzokwenza "isenzo sangasese sokuzinikela" esingabandakanyi uluntu.
Nangona kunjalo, kuvela ukuba isenzo sikapopu sabucala sokubonisa imbeko yayikukundwendwela ibala yedwa, ngaphandle kokunika isaziso kwangaphambili.
Wafika kwisikwere malunga no-7: 00. ixesha lendawo, ngelixa bekumnyama kancinci, kwaye wabeka isipha seentyatyambo ezimhlophe emazantsi omfanekiso oqingqiweyo, unqumama umzuzu womthandazo kwimvula enkulu ngelixa umncedisi ephethe isambrela entlokweni yakhe.
Ngokwengxelo yeVatican, uPapa wathandazela ukuba uMariya "abukele ngothando iRoma kunye nabemi bayo" kwaye wabaphathisa "bonke abo bakule dolophu nasehlabathini abanengxaki yokugula nokuphelelwa lithemba"
UPopu uFrancis emva koko waya kwicawa yaseSanta Maria Maggiore, apho wathandaza khona phambi komfanekiso odumileyo weSalus Popoli Romani (Impilo yabantu baseRoma) kwaye wabhiyozela umthendeleko kwiNdlu yoKuzalwa kukaBasilica ngaphambi kokuba abuyele eVatican.
USanta Maria Maggiore uyathandwa nguPopu Francis, ohlala eyeka ukuthandaza phambi kwe icon ngaphambi nasemva kohambo lwamanye amazwe.
Ngexesha lokuya kwakhe e-Piazza di Spagna, upopu-wagxekwa ngokunganxibi maski ngexesha leeturikhi zikarhulumente kunye nabaphulaphuli-wayenxibe imaski kutyelelo lonke, imifanekiso yayo kwabelwana ngayo kwimidiya yoluntu.