UPopu Francis uza kuya e-Iraq ngo-2021
I-Vatican ibhengeze ngoMvulo ukuba uPapa Francis uzokuya e-Iraq ngeyoKwindla ngo-2021. Uzakuba nguPopu wokuqala ukundwendwela eli lizwe, elisabuyayo kwimbubhiso eyenziwe liLizwe lamaSilamsi.
Uhambo lweentsuku ezine lukapapa oluya e-Iraq nge-5-8 Matshi luza kubandakanya ukumisa eBaghdad, Erbil naseMosul. Iya kuba luhambo lukapopu lokuqala kwilizwe liphela kwisithuba esingaphezulu konyaka ngenxa yesifo secoronavirus.
Utyelelo luka-Pope Francis e-Iraq luza ngokwesicelo seRiphabhlikhi yase-Iraq kunye neCawa yamaKhatholika yasekuhlaleni, umlawuli we-Holy See Press Office u-Matteo Bruni uxelele oonondaba ngo-Disemba 7.
Ngexesha lohambo, upopu uza kundwendwela indawo yamaKrestu eThafa laseNineve, etshabalaliswe liLizwe lamaSilamsi ukusukela ngonyaka ka-2014 ukuya kowama-2016 nto leyo eyabangela ukuba amaKrestu abaleke kule ngingqi. UPope Francis ubonakalise kaninzi ukusondela kwakhe kwezi ndawo zitshutshiswayo kunye nomnqweno wakhe wokundwendwela i-Iraq.
Kule minyaka idlulileyo, ukuxhalaba kukhuseleko kuthintele upopu ekuzalisekiseni umnqweno wakhe wokundwendwela i-Iraq.
UPapa Francis uthe ngo-2019 ukuba ufuna ukutyelela i-Iraq ngo-2020, nangona kunjalo iVatican iqinisekisile ngaphambi kokuqhambuka kwe-coronavirus e-Italiya ukuba akukho luhambo lukapapa oluya e-Iraq kulo nyaka.
Unobhala welizwe laseVatican, uKhadinali Pietro Parolin, utyelele i-Iraq ngexesha leKrisimesi ngonyaka ka-2018 kwaye wagqiba kwelokuba eli lizwe alikaqiniseki ngotyelelo lukapapa ngelo xesha.
Inkqubo esemthethweni yohambo lukapopu lokuqala olucwangcisiweyo lwabapostile ukusukela oko kwaqala ubhubhane luzakupapashwa kamva kwaye "liza kuthathela ingqalelo imeko yezempilo engxamisekileyo," utshilo uBruni.
Upopu uzokundwendwela ithafa laseUre kumazantsi eIraq, ethi iBhayibhile ikhumbule njengendawo awazalelwa kuyo uAbraham. Uyakundwendwela nesixeko saseQaraqosh, emantla e-Iraq, apho amaKristu asebenzela ukwakha amakhaya amawaka kunye neecawe ezine ezonakaliswe ngurhulumente wamaSilamsi.
Umongameli wase-Iraq, u-Barham Salih, wazamkela iindaba zokundwendwelwa ngupopu, ebhala ku-Twitter nge-7 ka-Disemba: "Uhambo luka-Pope Francis oluya eMesopotamiya - indawo yokuzalwa kwempucuko, indawo awazalelwa kuyo u-Abraham, utata wabathembekileyo- izakuba ngumyalezo yoxolo kumaIraq kuzo zonke iinkolo kwaye sisebenzela ukungqina ubunyani bethu sobulungisa nesidima “.
UbuKristu bebukho kwithafa laseNineve e-Iraq - phakathi kweMosul neIraq Kurdistan - ukusukela kwinkulungwane yokuqala.
Ngelixa amaKristu amaninzi abalekayo kuhlaselo lukaRhulumente wamaSilamsi ngo-2014 engabuyelanga emakhayeni abo, abo babuyileyo bazamile ukujongana nemiceli mngeni yokwakhiwa ngokutsha benethemba namandla, umfundisi wamaKaledi wamaKaledi, uFr. UKaram Shamasha uxelele i-CNA ngo-Novemba.
Iminyaka emithandathu emva kohlaselo lwe-Islamic State, i-Iraq ijongene neengxaki ezinzima zoqoqosho kunye nomonakalo ngokwasemzimbeni nangokwengqondo obangelwe yingxabano, watsho umfundisi.
“Sizama ukuphilisa eli nxeba lenziwe yi-ISIS. Iintsapho zethu zomelele; bakhusela ukholo. Kodwa bafuna umntu oza kuthi, "Usebenze kakuhle kakhulu, kodwa kuya kufuneka uqhubeke nomsebenzi wakho," utshilo.