UBenedict XVI ugubha usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwe-93
UPapa Emeritus Benedict XVI wagubha usuku lokuzalwa kwakhe lwe-93 ngoLwesine endaweni yakhe yokuhlala eVictoria ngesikhathi se-coronavirus blockade e-Italy.
Upapa osethathe umhlalaphansi, ohlala ezindlini zesigodlo saseMater Ecclesia, ebengenazo izivakashi ngenxa yalolu bhubhane lweCOVID-19, ngokusho kukanobhala wakhe, u-Archbishop George Ganswein.
UGanswein utshele iVictoria News ngo-Ephreli 16 ukuthi uBenedict uthole ama-imeyili amaningi, izincwadi nezingcingo ezimfisela usuku oluhle lokuzalwa, kubandakanya nomfowabo omdala uGeor Ratzinger.
Usuku lokuzalwa lukaBenedict XVI luqale ngobuningi esontweni lezindela futhi lufaka nomkhuleko nokufunda, kusho uGanswein. UBenedetto naye ulalele ezinye izingoma zendabuko ezivela kwelakubo laseBavaria.
UGanswein uthe upapa ophuma ngaphandle uzigcina enolwazi ngalesi bhubhane se-coronavirus futhi uthandazela nsuku zonke abagulayo nokuhlupheka.
"Ubuye wahlabeka umxhwele kakhulu abapristi abaningi, odokotela nabahlengikazi abashonile, ikakhulukazi enyakatho ne-Italy, lapho beqhuba khona usizo lwabo kwiziguli ze-coronavirus," kusho unobhala.
Ubuye wengeza ukuthi uBenedict XVI "ubamba iqhaza kulobu buhlungu" futhi umlandela "ngokukhathazeka", kepha "akazivumeli ukubaphucwe ithemba".
Ngosuku lokuzalwa kwakhe, uBenedict wanikezwa ikhophi yencwadi entsha ngempilo yakhe, ebhalwe yintatheli yaseJalimane uPeter Seewald. Umthamo wokuqala we- "Benedict XVI: i-biography" uzoshicilelwa ngesiJalimane ngoMeyi 4 nangesiNgisi ngasekupheleni kuka-2020.
UGanswein uthi uSeewald wayehlose ukuletha ikhophi le-biography egunyaziwe kupopophuma, kodwa wavinjwa isimo samanje sobhubhane.
UBenedict XVI washiya isikhundla sobupopayi ngo-2013, ecaphuna ubudala futhi wehla namandla okwenza kwaba nzima ukufeza inkonzo yakhe. Wayengupapa wokuqala ukwehla esikhundleni cishe eminyakeni engama-600.
Kusukela ethathe umhlalaphansi, imigubho yokuzalwa kukaBenedict ifake iminyaka embalwa kufaka phakathi ukuvakashelwa ngumfowabo uGeorg noPapa uFrancis.
Encwadini eshicilelwe ephephandabeni lase-Italy ngoFebhuwari 2018, uBenedetto uthe: "Ngingasho nje ukuthi ekugcineni kokuwohloka kancane kwamandla ngokomzimba, ngisesendleleni ekhaya".