UPapa Francis wanikezwa umbhalo wesandla womlando womthandazo owasindiswa yi-Islamic State
Wethulwe kuPapa Francis ngoLwesithathu ngombhalo wesandla womkhuleko wase-Aramu osindiswe ekuqothulweni kweNyakatho Iraq yi-Islamic State. Ukuqomisana kusukela esikhathini esiphakathi kwekhulu leshumi nane kanye neshumi nanhlanu, lencwadi iqukethe imithandazo yezinkolo ngesi-Aramu ngesikhathi sePhasika ngokwesiko laseSyriac. Umbhalo wesandla phambilini wawugcinwe eGreat Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Al-Tahira (okufanekiselwa ngezansi), iSyrian Catholic Cathedral yaseBakhdida, eyaziwa nangokuthi yiQaraqosh. Isonto lombhishobhi laxoshwa lashiswa ngesikhathi uMbuso WamaSulumane usuphethe leli dolobha kusukela ngonyaka wezi-2014 kuya kowezi-2016. UPope Francis uzovakashela isonto lombhishobhi iBakhdida ohambweni lwakhe olulandelayo oluya e-Iraq kusukela ngomhlaka-5 kuya ku-8 Mashi. Le ncwadi yatholwa enyakatho ne-Iraq ngoJanuwari 2017 yizintatheli - ngesikhathi uMosul esesezandleni zoMbuso WamaSulumane - futhi yathunyelwa kubhishobhi wendawo, u-Archbishop Yohanna Butros Mouché, owayinikeza umfelandawonye wezinhlangano ezizimele zobuKristu ukuba zigcinwe. Njenge-Bakhdida's Immaculate Conception Cathedral uqobo, lo mbhalo wesandla usanda kwenziwa inqubo ephelele yokubuyiselwa. ICentral Institute for the Conservation of Books (ICPAL) eRome yengamele ukubuyiselwa kwalo mbhalo wesandla, oxhaswe nguMnyango Wezamagugu Amasiko. Inqubo yokubuyiselwa kwezinyanga eziyi-10 yayihilela ukubonisana nochwepheshe abavela eMtapweni Wezincwadi waseVatican, onamanani eSyriac avela esikhathini esifanayo. Okuwukuphela kwento yokuqala yencwadi eyathathelwa indawo yintambo eyihlanganisa ndawonye.
UPope Francis wathola ithimba elincane emtatsheni wezincwadi wase-Apostolic Palace ngomhlaka 10 kuNhlolanja. Iqembu lethule umbhalo obuyiselwe wezenkolo kuPapa. Kuleli thimba bekukhona inhloko ye-ICPAL restoration laboratory, u-Archbishop Luigi Bressan, umbhishobhi omkhulu waseTrento osethathe umhlalaphansi, kanye nomholi weFederation of Christian Organisations in International Voluntary Service (FOCSIV), umfelandawonye wase-Italy wezinhlangano ezizimele ezingama-87 ezisize ukuqinisekisa ukuphepha incwadi lapho itholakala enyakatho ye-Iraq. Ngesikhathi somhlangano noPapa, umongameli we-FOCSIV u-Ivana Borsotto uthe: "Sikhona phambi kwakho ngoba eminyakeni yamuva nje sigcine futhi sabuyisela e-Italy, sibonga uMnyango Wezamagugu Amasiko, le 'ncwadi yababaleki' - incwadi engcwele yeSyro-Christian Church of Iraq, ongomunye wemibhalo yesandla emidala kunazo zonke egcinwe eSontweni le-Immaculate Conception edolobheni laseQaraqosh emathafeni aseNineve ”.
"Namuhla siyajabula ukukubuyisela ngokomfanekiso ebungcweleni Bakhe ukuze asibuyisele ekhaya lakhe, eBandleni lakhe kulelo zwe elihlukumezekile, njengophawu lokuthula, lobuzalwane," esho. Okhulumela i-FOCSIV uthe inhlangano inethemba lokuthi upapa uzokwazi ukuhamba nale ncwadi ngesikhathi ehambele ubuphostoli e-Iraq ngenyanga ezayo, kodwa akakwazi ukusho ngalesi sikhathi ukuthi kungenzeka yini lokho. "Sikholwa ukuthi ekubuyiseni ababaleki baseKurdistan emadolobheni abo okuqala, njengengxenye yesenzo sokubambisana kwezentuthuko kanye nobumbano lwamazwe omhlaba, kuyadingeka futhi ukuthola kabusha izimpande ezijwayelekile zamasiko, lezo emakhulwini eminyaka adlule umlando ukubekezelelana nokuhlalisana ngokuthula kule ndawo ”, kusho uBorsotto ngemuva kokulalelwa kwaleli cala. “Lokhu kusivumela ukuthi siphinde sisebenzise izimo ezingaholela abantu empilweni entsha ehlangene futhi enokuthula kanye nomphakathi, ikakhulukazi kulaba bantu isikhathi eside somsebenzi, udlame, impi kanye nesimo semibono esizithinte kakhulu izinhliziyo zabo. "" Kungokubambisana kwamasiko, imfundo kanye namaphrojekthi wokuqeqesha ukuthola kabusha amasiko abo kanye nesiko leminyaka lokungenisa izihambi nokubekezelela iMiddle East yonke ". UBorsotto wengeze wathi, yize amakhasi okugcina alo mbhalo wesandla eselimele kakhulu, imithandazo ekuwo "izoqhubeka nokugubha unyaka wezinkolelo ngesi-Aramu futhi isazoculwa ngabantu baseThafeni laseNineve, ikhumbuze wonke umuntu ukuthi elinye ikusasa lisengaba khona ".