Okushiwo umbiko kaMcCarrick esontweni
Eminyakeni emibili eyedlule, uPapa Francis wacela imininingwane ephelele yokuthi uTheodore McCarrick ukwazile kanjani ukukhuphuka emabangeni esonto wafunga ukuthi uzophumela obala ngalo mbiko. Abanye abantu bebengakholelwa ukuthi ubudlelwano obunjalo bungaze bukubone ukukhanya kosuku. Abanye babemesaba.
NgoNovemba 10, uPapa Francis wasigcina isithembiso sakhe. Lo mbiko awakaze ube khona, ufundeka njenganoma imuphi omunye umbhalo waseVatican engiwukhumbulayo. Aligqokiwe ngamagama aminyene esonto noma izinkomba ezingacacile zezenzo ezimbi. Kwesinye isikhathi iyacacisa futhi iveza njalo. Kukonke, kuyisithombe esonakalisayo sokukhohliswa komuntu nobumpumputhe besikhungo, amathuba alahlekile nokholo oluphukile.
Kulabo bethu abanolwazi ngemibhalo yaseVatican kanye nophenyo lweVatican, lo mbiko uyamangalisa emizameni yawo yokubeka obala. Emakhasini angama-449, umbiko uphelele futhi kwesinye isikhathi uyakhathaza. Akugcinanga lapho kwenziwa izingxoxo ezingaphezu kwama-90, kodwa izingcaphuno ezibanzi ezivela ezincwadini ezifanele ze-Vatican nemibhalo ziveza ukuhwebelana kwangaphakathi phakathi kwabantu namahhovisi.
Kunamaqhawe atholakala, ngisho nasendabeni ephazamisayo yokuthi uMcCarrick wakhuphuka kanjani esikhundleni yize kunamahemuhemu aqhubekayo okuthi wayelala embhedeni wakhe nabafundisi bezenkolo nabapristi. Ngokwesibonelo, uKhadinali uJohn J. O'Connor. Akagcinanga ngokuzwakalisa ukukhathazeka kwakhe, wakwenza lokho ngokubhala, efuna ukumisa ukukhuphuka kukaMcCarrick eNew York ukubona amakhadinali.
Okube nesibindi esikhulu bekuyizisulu ezisindile ezizama ukukhuluma, umama ozama ukuvikela izingane zakhe, abeluleki abebexwayisa ngezinsolo abazizwayo.
Ngeshwa, okuhlala njalo ukuthi labo abafuna ukuveza ukukhathazeka abezwanga futhi amahemuhemu anganakwa kunokuba aphenywe kahle.
Njengenhlangano eziningi ezinkulu futhi ezingasebenzi kahle, isonto luchungechunge lwama-silos, oluvimbela ukuxhumana okuseduze nokubambisana. Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengezinhlangano ezinkulu, ngokwemvelo iyaqaphela futhi iyazivikela. Ngeza kulokhu inhlonipho enikezwe isikhundla kanye nokulandelana, futhi kulula kakhulu ukubona ukuthi okuzenzakalelayo bekungachaza kanjani, kunganakwa, noma kufihlwe.
Kusenezinto engifisa ukuthi zihlolwe ngokuqhubekayo. Enye indlela yemali. Yize lo mbiko uthi uMcCarrick akakwamukelanga ukuqokwa kwakhe eWashington, kuyakucacisa ukuthi ubengumuntu othwala imali futhi ebongwa kanjalo. Usabalalise ukuphana kwakhe ngendlela yezipho kubaphathi abaningi besonto abathi uma bebheka emuva baphakamise ukukhathazeka kokuziphatha. Ukuhlolwa kwethrekhi yemali kubonakala kunesidingo.
Okuphazamisa ngokufanayo ukuthi kwakukhona abafundisi abaningi nabapristi ezifundeni zobufundisi lapho uMcCarrick ayesebenza khona ababenolwazi lokuqala ngokwenzekile endlini yakhe yasolwandle ngoba nabo babekhona. Kwenzekani kulawo madoda? Ingabe bathula? Uma kunjalo, kusitshelani ngesiko esingaqhubeka likhona?
Isifundo esibaluleke kakhulu kungaba yile: uma ubona okuthile, yisho okuthile. Ukwesaba ukuziphindiselela, ukwesaba ukunganakwa, ukwesaba igunya akusakwazi ukuphatha abantu abavamile noma abefundisi. Ukunakwa kufanele futhi kunikezwe ukusolwa okungaziwa.
Ngasikhathi sinye, ukumangalelwa akusona isigwebo. Ubizo lomuntu wesilisa alunakonakaliswa yizwi. Ubulungiswa bufuna ukuthi bangazilahli ngenxa yezinsolo zabo, kodwa futhi bafuna nokuthi izinsolo zinganakwa.
Isono sokuhlukumeza, isono sokufihla noma sokungakunaki ukuhlukunyezwa ngeke sisuke nalobu budlelwano. UPope Francis, naye uqobo ohlulekile ukuhlangabezana nezindinganiso zakhe ezindaweni ezinjengeChile, uyayazi inselelo. Kumele iqhubeke nokufuna ukuphendula nokwenza izinto obala ngaphandle kokwesaba noma ukwenzelela, futhi abantu abavamile kanye nabefundisi kumele baqhubeke nokufuna izinguquko nokuvuselelwa.