INgcwele uJohn Paul II, iNgcwele yosuku lwe-22 ka-Okthobha

Ingcwele yomhla we-22 ka-Okthobha
(Meyi 18, 1920-Epreli 2, 2005)

Ibali likaSt. John Paul II

"Vula iingcango kuKrestu", ukhuthaze uJohn Paul II ngethuba lethamsanqa apho wafakwa khona njengopopu ngo-1978.

Uzalelwe eWadowice, ePoland, uKarol Jozef Wojtyla waswelekelwa ngunina, utata kunye nomntakwabo omdala ngaphambi komhla wokuzalwa kwakhe wama-21. Umsebenzi othembisayo ka-Karol kwiYunivesithi yaseJagiellonia eKrakow wancitshiswa kukuqhambuka kweMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi. Ngelixa wayesebenza kumzi-mveliso wekwari nowekhemikhali, wabhalisa kwi-seminar "yangaphantsi komhlaba" eKrakow. Wonyuselwa ububingeleli ngo-1946, wathunyelwa e-Roma kwangoko apho wafumana isidanga sobugqirha kwezakwalizwi.

Ukubuyela kwakhe ePoland, isithuba esifutshane njengomncedisi womfundisi kwiparishi yasemaphandleni sandulela isifundo sakhe somfundisi esasivelise abafundi baseyunivesithi. Kungekudala p. UWojtyla wafumana isidanga sobugqirha kwifilosofi kwaye waqalisa ukufundisa eso sifundo kwiYunivesithi yasePoland yaseLublin.

Amagosa obuKomanisi avumela uWojtyla ukuba abekwe njengobhishophu oncedisayo waseKrakow ngo-1958, bemthatha njengengcali engenabungozi. Ngekhe baphazame ngakumbi!

UMnumzana Wojtyla uthathe inxaxheba kuzo zone iiseshoni zeVictoria II kwaye wenza igalelo ngendlela ethile kuMgaqo-siseko Wabefundisi kwiCawe kwihlabathi langoku. Ubhishophu omkhulu waseKrakow ngo-1964, wonyulwa njengekhadinali kwiminyaka emithathu kamva.

Upapa owonyuliweyo ngo-Okthobha u-1978, wathabatha igama lommeli wakhe wexesha elifutshane. UPopu John Paul II wayengupopu wokuqala ongenguye wase-Italiya kwiminyaka engama-455. Emva kwexesha wenza utyelelo lobufundisi kumazwe ali-124, uninzi lwawo lunamaKristu amancinci.

UJohn Paul II ukhuthaze amalinge ezenkolo kunye nenkolo, ngakumbi uMhla woMthandazo woXolo ngo-1986 e-Assisi. Watyelela indlu yesikhungu ephambili eRoma kunye noDonga lwaseNtshona eJerusalem; ikwaseke ubudlelwane bezopolitiko phakathi kwe-Holy See kunye no-Israyeli. Uphucule ubudlelwane bamaKatolika nabamaSilamsi kwaye ngo-2001 watyelela i-mosque eDamasko, eSyria.

I-Jubile enkulu yoNyaka ka-2000, umsitho ophambili kulungiselelo lukaJohn Paul, waphawulwa yimibhiyozo ekhethekileyo eRoma nakwezinye iindawo zamaKatolika namanye amaKristu. Ubudlelwane kunye neeCawa zobuOthodoki baphucuka kakhulu ngexesha lakhe lobupapa.

"U-Kristu liziko lendalo iphela kunye nembali yoluntu" yayingumgca wokuvulwa kuka-John Paul II ka-1979 encyclical, uMhlanguli woluntu. Ngo-1995, wazichaza kwiNdibano yeZizwe eziManyeneyo "njengengqina lethemba".

Utyelelo lwakhe ePoland kwi1979 lukhuthaze ukukhula kombutho weSolidarity kunye nokuwa kobukomanisi kuMbindi naseMpuma Yurophu kwiminyaka eli-10 kamva. UJohn Paul II waqalisa uSuku loLutsha lweHlabathi kwaye waya kumazwe ahlukeneyo kuloo mibhiyozo. Wayefuna kakhulu ukutyelela i-China kunye ne-Soviet Union, kodwa oorhulumente bala mazwe bamthintela.

Enye yeefoto ezazikhunjulwa kakhulu ngu-John Paul II's pontificate yayiyincoko yakhe ngo-1983 kunye noMehmet Ali Agca, owayezama ukumbulala kwiminyaka emibini ngaphambili.

Kwiminyaka engama-27 yobupapa, uJohn Paul II wabhala iincwadi ezili-14 kunye neencwadi ezintlanu, wenza abangcwele abangama-482 kunye nabantu abayi-1.338. Kwiminyaka yokugqibela yobomi bakhe wahlaselwa sisifo sikaParkinson kwaye wanyanzelwa ukuba anciphise eminye yemisebenzi yakhe.

UPopu Benedict XVI wabetha u-John Paul II ngo-2011 kwaye uPopu Francis wamenza ukuba abe ngo-2014.

Ukucingisisa

Phambi kobunzima bomngcwabo kaJohn Paul II eSt.Peter's Square, amakhulu amawaka abantu babelinde ngomonde umzuzwana omfutshane ukuba bathandaze phambi komzimba wakhe, owawuneentsuku ezininzi ulele ngaphakathi eSt. Ukusasazwa kwimidiya ngomngcwabo wakhe kwakungazange kwenzeke.

Owongamele umngcwabo, uKhadinali uJoseph Ratzinger, owayengumphathi weKholeji yamaKhadinali nowayesakuba nguPopu Benedict XVI, waqukumbela usapho lwakhe ngokuthi: Ubawo, ephawulwe ngokubandezeleka, wabuyela efestileni yeNdlu yabaPostile kwaye okokugqibela wamnika intsikelelo urbi et orbi ("esixekweni nasehlabathini").

“Singaqiniseka ukuba upopu wethu othandekayo namhlanje usefestileni yendlu kaBawo, uyasibona kwaye uyasisikelela. Ewe, sisikelele, Bawo oyiNgcwele. Sibeka umphefumlo wakho othandekayo kuMama kaThixo, uMama wakho, obekukhokela yonke imihla kwaye oya kukukhokelela kuzuko loNyana wakhe, iNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu. Amen.