Ngingubani mina ukwahlulela? UPapa Francis uchaza umbono wakhe

Umugqa odumile kaPapa Francis "Ngingubani mina ukuba ngahlulele?" angahamba ibanga elide ekuchazeni isimo sakhe sokuqala ngoTheodore McCarrick, ukhadinali waseMelika owayedumazekile owaba ngophenyo lweminyaka emibili lwaseVatican olukhishwe ngesonto eledlule.

UFrancis wenza umugqa ngoJulayi 29, 2013, izinyanga ezine ngemuva kokwenza kwakhe isikhundla sobupapa, lapho ecelwa ukuba abuyele ekhaya evela ohambweni lwakhe lokuqala lobupapa ezindabeni zompristi wezitabane ocansini ayesanda kumkhuthaza. Iphuzu lakhe: Uma othile ephula imfundiso yesonto mayelana nokuziphatha kwezocansi esikhathini esidlule kodwa acele intethelelo kuNkulunkulu, wayengubani yena owayezokhipha isahlulelo?

Lokhu kuphawula kuthole udumo emphakathini we-LGBT futhi kwaletha uFrancis ikhava yomagazini i-The Advocate. Kepha ukuthambekela okubanzi kukaFrancis kokubethemba ngamehlo engqondo abangane bakhe nokumelana nokwahlulela kwabo kwadala izinkinga eminyakeni eyisikhombisa kamuva. Idlanzana labapristi, ababhishobhi kanye nokhadinali abathethwe nguFrancis eminyakeni edlule kuvele ukuthi basolwa ngokuziphatha kabi ngokocansi noma batholwa benecala, noma ngokumfihla.

Ngamafuphi, ukwethembeka kukaFrancis kubo kwamlahlekisela ngokuthembeka.

Umbiko waseVatican usindise uFrancis ekusoleni ngokunyuka kukaMcCarrick esigabeni sabaphathi, esikhundleni salokho usole ababengaphambi kwakhe ngokwehluleka ukuqaphela, ukuphenya, noma ukugweba uMcCarrick ngemibiko engaguquguquki ememe izifundiswa embhedeni wakhe.

Ekugcineni, ngonyaka odlule, uFrancis wamdikibalisa uMcCarrick ngemuva kophenyo lwaseVatican oluthola ukuthi wayehlukumeza izingane nabantu abadala ngokocansi. UFrancis wayalela ukuthi kwenziwe uphenyo olunzulu ngemuva kokuthi owayeyinxusa leVictoria athi ngonyaka ka-2018 ukuthi babalelwa emashumini amabili abaphathi bebandla abebekwazi ukungaziphathi kahle kukaMcCarrick nabantu asebekhulile abafundela ubufundisi kodwa bakufihla lokho okweminyaka engamashumi amabili.

Mhlawumbe ngokungamangazi, uphenyo lwangaphakathi olwenziwe nguFrancis futhi wayala ukuthi lushicilelwe nguye lwaluzomuphakamisa kakhulu. Kodwa futhi kuyiqiniso ukuthi ukwehluleka okukhulu okuxhunyaniswe nehlazo likaMcCarrick kwenzeka ngaphambi kokuba uFrancis abe ngupapa.

Kepha lo mbiko ukhomba izinkinga ezahlupha uFrancis ngesikhathi sakhe sobupapa, okwandisa ukungaboni kahle kwakhe okokuqala ngokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi abefundisi akulungisa kuphela ngo-2018 ngemuva kokubona ukuthi wehlulekile ecaleni elibucayi lokuhlukunyezwa nokufihla eChile.

Ngaphezu kwababhishobhi ayebavikela ekuqaleni ababesolwa ngokungaziphathi kahle kwezocansi noma ukufihla, uFrancis waphinde wakhashelwa ngamaKhatholika angajwayelekile: abanye osomabhizinisi base-Italy ababengabangani bakaFrancis futhi bexhaphaza lelo gama manje uphenyo oluvusa amadlingozi enkohlakalweni eseVatican ebandakanya ukutshalwa kwezimali kwamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-350 yiHoly See enkampanini yezindlu yaseLondon.

Njengabaholi abaningi, uFrancis uyakuzonda ukuhleba, uyababeka kabi abezindaba, futhi uvame ukulandela imikhuba yakhe, ukuthola kunzima kakhulu ukuhambisa amagiya lapho esethole umbono omuhle ngomuntu othile, abasizi bakhe bathi.

UFrancis wayemazi uMcCarrick ngaphambi kokuba abe ngupapa futhi mhlawumbe wayazi ukuthi umfundisi owayenekhono futhi exhumeke kahle waba nesandla okhethweni lwakhe njengomunye "wabenzi benkosi" abaningi ababemeseka eceleni. (UMcCarrick ngokwakhe akazange avote njengoba wayengaphezulu kweminyaka engama-80 futhi wayengafanelekile.)

UMcCarrick wathi engqungqutheleni eyayiseVillanova University ngasekupheleni konyaka wezi-2013 wabheka lowo owayenguKhadinali Jorge Mario Bergoglio “njengomngani” futhi wacela ukuba kube ngupapa waseLatin America ngesikhathi kunemihlangano eyabe ivaliwe ngaphambi komhlangano.

UMcCarrick wavakashela iBergoglio kabili e-Argentina, ngo-2004 nango-2011, ngenkathi eya lapho eyogcoba abefundisi bomphakathi wezenkolo wase-Argentina, i-Institute of the Incarnate Word, ayibiza ngekhaya eWashington.

UMcCarrick utshele ingqungquthela yaseVillanova ukuthi wancengwa ukuba asabalalise izwi lokuthi abheke uBergoglio ukuthi angaqokelwa isikhundla sobupapa ngemuva kokuthi umRoma "ongaziwa" onamandla amtshele ukuthi uBergoglio angaliguqula leli bandla eminyakeni emihlanu futhi "asibuyisele kwinjongo." .

"Khuluma naye," kusho uMcCarrick, ecaphuna le ndoda yaseRoma.

Lo mbiko ususe umcabango ophakathi nendawo ka-Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, owayeyinxusa le-Vatican e-United States, owalahla ngo-2018 umbiko kaMcCarrick weminyaka engama-XNUMX owadala umbiko we-Vatican kwasekuqaleni.

UViganò wathi uFrancis wayezisusile "unswinyo" ezabekwa uPapa Benedict XVI kuMcCarrick ngisho nangemva kokuba uVigano etshele uFrancis ngo-2013 ukuthi owaseMelika "wonakalise izizukulwane zabapristi nezabefundisi".

Umbiko uthe akukho ukuhoxiswa okunjalo okwenzekile futhi empeleni usole uVigano ngokuba yingxenye yokufihlwa. Ubuye waphakamisa ukuthi ngo-2013, uViganò wayekhathazeke kakhulu ngokuncenga uFrancis ukuthi ambuyise eRoma kusuka ekudingisweni kwakhe eWashington ukuze asize ngomzamo kaFrancis wokulwa nenkohlakalo eVatican kunokuletha uMcCarrick enkantolo.

Njengombhishobhi omkhulu waseBuenos Aires, kukholakala ukuthi uFrancis wayesebenzisa amahemuhemu okunukubeza ngokocansi nokufihla indawo ezweni elingumakhelwane laseChile eduze nompristi odumile uFernando Karadima, ngoba iningi labamangaleli lalineminyaka engaphezu kwengu-17, ngakho-ke empeleni ngabantu abadala ohlelweni lwezomthetho lwezincwadi zeBhayibheli. wesonto. . Ngakho-ke, babhekwe njengabantu abadala abavumayo abaziphatha kabi kodwa hhayi ngokungemthetho neKaradima.

Ngenkathi eyinhloko yengqungquthela yababhishobhi base-Argentina, ngo-2010 uFrancis wagunyaza ucwaningo lwamavoluyumu amane mayelana necala lezomthetho elibhekene noMfundisi uJulio Grassi, umpristi odumile owayephethe amakhaya ezingane ezihlala emgwaqeni futhi etholwe enecala lokuhlukumeza ngokocansi wabo.

Ucwaningo lukaBergoglio, okusolwa ukuthi lwaphela etafuleni lamanye amajaji enkantolo yase-Argentina ayekhipha isinqumo mayelana nezikhalazo zikaGrassi, lwaphetha ngokuthi wayemsulwa, ukuthi izisulu zakhe zaqamba amanga nokuthi leli cala kwakungafanele nanini liye ecaleni.

Ekugcineni, iNkantolo Ephakeme yase-Argentina ngoMashi 2017 yasivuma isigwebo sikaGrassi kanye nesigwebo seminyaka engu-15 ejele. Isimo sophenyo lwezincwadi lukaGrassi eRoma alwaziwa.

Muva nje, uBergoglio uvumele elinye lamaphrotheni akhe e-Argentina, uMbhishobhi Gustavo Zanchetta, ukuthi asule ngokuthula ngenxa yezizathu zezempilo ngonyaka we-2017 ngemuva kokuba abapristi besifunda sasenyakatho sase-Argentina i-Oran bekhononda ngombuso wakhe wobushiqela kanye nezikhulu zedayosisi. babikela iVatican ngezinsolo zokusebenzisa kabi amandla, ukungaziphathi ngendlela efanele nokuhlukumeza ngokocansi izifundiswa zabantu abadala.

UFrancis unikeze uZanchetta umsebenzi weplamu ehhovisi lomgcinimafa eVatican.

Emacaleni kaGrassi noZanchetta, uBergoglio wayevuma amacala kubo bobabili, ephakamisa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi wayethonywe ekwahluleleni kwakhe ngendima yakhe njengobaba ongokomoya. Endabeni kaKaradima, uFrancis wayengumngani omkhulu womvikeli omkhulu kaKaradima, umbhishobhi omkhulu waseSantiago, uKhadinali Francisco Javier Errazuriz.

Ukuphawula kukaFrancis kusuka ku-2013, "Ngingubani ukwahlulela?" bekungathinti umpristi osolwa ngokuziphatha kabi ngokocansi nezingane. Kunalokho, kwakucatshangwa ukuthi umpristi wayeqale wahlela ukuba ukaputeni wamasosha waseSwitzerland asuke naye esikhundleni sakhe sokuba ngunxusa aye eBern, eSwitzerland, aye e-Uruguay.

Ebuzwa ngompristi ohambela ekhaya esuka eRio de Janeiro ngoJulayi 2013, uFrancis uthe usejube uphenyo lokuqala ngalezi zinsolo ezingatholanga lutho. Uphawule ukuthi ezikhathini eziningi esontweni, "izono zobusha" ezinjalo zikhula njengabapristi ziqhubekela phambili ngezikhundla.

“Amacala ahlukile: ukuhlukunyezwa kwezingane kuyicala,” kusho yena. “Kepha uma umuntu, noma ngabe engumuntu ovamile, umpristi noma inkolo, enza isono bese eguquka, iNkosi iyamxolela. Futhi lapho iNkosi ithethelela, iNkosi iyakhohlwa futhi lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu empilweni yethu “.

Ekhuluma ngemibiko yokuthi inethiwekhi yobungqingili eVatican ivikele umpristi, uFrancis uthe wayengakaze ezwe ngento enjalo. Kodwa wanezela: “Uma umuntu eyisitabane futhi efuna iNkosi futhi enenhliziyo enhle, ngingubani-ke mina ukuba ngahlulele?