I-conclave: intuthu emhlophe noma intuthu emnyama?
Sibuyisa umlando, siyawazi ama-curiosities nazo zonke izindima ze- khonkotha. Umsebenzi obalulekile wokhetho lukaPapa omusha.
Leli gama lisuselwa esiqeshini sesi-Latin cum futhi ngokwezwi nezwi lisho ukuthi kukhiyiwe. Ngaleli gama libizwa ngokuthi yihholo zombili, lapho kwenzeka khona umcimbi wokhetho lwentsha Ubaba futhi makube yisiko uqobo. Lo msebenzi unezimpande zasendulo kakhulu futhi uthathe igama lawo eViterbo kude no-1270. Izakhamizi zedolobha zavalela okhadinali egumbini, zembula uphahla futhi zabenza bakwazi ukunquma ngokushesha. Umpapa omusha kulowo mcimbi kwakunguGregory x. Eqinisweni, uPapa wokuqala wakhetha i-cum clave kwaba UGelasius II ku-1118.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kube nezinqubo eziningi eziguqukile kulo msebenzi wamaKatolika. Namuhla ilawulwa ngumthethosisekelo wamaKatolika owamenyezelwa ngu John Paul II ngo-1996. Kodwa yiziphi zonke izigaba zayo? Okwenzeka ngaphakathi kuyimfihlo futhi akuvumelekile ukuthi okhadinali, abanomsebenzi wokukhetha, bakudalule noma sekuqediwe. Ngosuku lokuvula lomhlangano, ngemuva kwesiko lokuqala, okhadinali bahlangana ISistine Chapel. Umphathi wemikhosi ubhekisa ama-omnes angeziwe, kubo bonke abantu ongabazi.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi ivoti lokuqala lingabanjwa ukuqeda usuku. Ukuvota kwenzeka kusukela ngosuku olulandelayo ngesilinganiso esinqunyiwe samabili ekuseni nambili ntambama. Ngenxa yezinguquko ezethulwe ngu I-Benedict XVI, kuthatha amavoti amabili kwamathathu ukukhetha opapa. Uma lokhu kungenzeki, ngemuva kokuvota okungamashumi amathathu nane ngaphandle kwemiphumela, ivoti phakathi kwalabo ababili abaholayo liyaqhubeka ngemuva kwamavoti amabili okugcina.
Isivumelwano, intuthu emhlophe nokumenyezelwa komphakathi.
Umvoti ngamunye uyasukuma esihlalweni sakhe ebambe ibhalothi lakhe phezulu. Funga ngokuzwakalayo ubiza UKristu iNkosi ebufakazini bakhe bese ebeka ikhadi epuletini elibekwe kuphoqolo. Uma ukuvota sekuphelile, amavoti ayabalwa. Umtsheli wokuqala uvula ikhadi ngalinye, abheke okulotshwe kulo bese elidlulisela kumtsheli wesibili yena olidlulisela kwelesithathu. Lesi sakamuva sifunde igama ngokuzwakalayo, sishaye ikhadi bese silifaka ngentambo. Lolu cingo olwakhiwe ngaleyo ndlela lufakwa esitofini, bese lushiswa ngokufakwa kwezithasiselo ezinquma umbala wentuthu. Mnyama uma ivoti liphela ngokungaphumeleli futhi limhlophe uma uPapa omusha enqunywa.
Kuleli qophelo osanda kukhethwa uyabuzwa ukuthi uyalwamukela yini ukhetho lwakhe lwezikhundla eziphezulu phezulu pontiff, futhi ngaliphi igama. Bese kulandela ukugqoka nge-cassock emhlophe nezinye izingubo ezihlukanisa isimo sikaPapa.Isinyathelo sokugcina yileso sesimemezelo. Kusuka ku-loggia emaphakathi ye-St Peter's Basilica, i-proto-deacon isho lo musho olandelayo: "annuntio vobis gaudium magnum, uPapam". UPapa omusha ubonakala andulelwa yisiphambano esenziwe ngamacala futhi uzodlulisa isibusiso se-urbi et orbi.