Amazwi okugcina kaPapa Benedict XVI ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe

Izindaba zokufa kuka UPapa Benedict XVI, okwenzeka ngo-December 31, 2023, kwavusa amazwi enduduzo ajulile emhlabeni wonke. U-pontiff osekhulile, owayehlanganise iminyaka engu-95 ngo-April odlule, wayekade engumlingisi oyinhloko wempilo ende neqinile enkonzweni yeBandla nesintu.

Uzalelwe ngaphakathi Marktl, eBavaria, ngo-April 16, 1927 ngaphansi kwegama elithi UJoseph Aloisius Ratzinger, uBenedict XVI wayengupapa wama-265 weSonto LamaKatolika futhi engowokuqala ukulahla ubupapa emakhulwini eminyaka. Ubupapa bakhe babubonakala ngokuvikela izindinganiso zobuKristu, ukugqugquzelwa kwe-ecumenism kanye nezingxoxo phakathi kwenkolo.

Isinqumo sokulahla ubupapa, esamenyezelwa ngoFebhuwari 11, 2013, samangaza umhlaba wonke. Benedict XVI, owayefinyelele iminyaka yobudala Iminyaka engu-85, wayeshukumise ukukhetha kwakhe ngenxa yokuguga nesidingo sokudedela ubaba omncane owayekwazi ukubhekana nezinselele zenkulungwane entsha yeminyaka.

Ukushona kukaBenedict XVI sekuvuse ukusabela okusabalele kwamazwi enduduzo emhlabeni wonke. UMongameli weRiphabhulikhi yase-Italy, USergio Mattarella, wazwakalisa ukudabuka kwakhe okukhulu ngokunyamalala kukapapa ongasekho, emchaza “indoda yokholo namasiko, eyayikwazi ukufakaza ngezindinganiso zeBandla ngokuhambisana nokuqina”.

Amazwi akhulunywa ngaphambi kokufa

Kungo-3 ekuseni ngoDisemba 31. UPapa Benedict XVI wayesokhukhweni lokufa esizwa umhlengikazi. Ngaphambi kokuthi akhiphe umoya wakhe wokugcina uPapa wathi “Jesu ngiyakuthanda“. Amazwi acacile futhi aqinile ayefuna ukuvala uthando olukhulu indoda eyayinalo ngoJesu.Umyalezo wezwakala umhlengikazi owabikela unobhala ngokushesha. Ngokushesha ngemva kokuwamemezela, uPapa ophumayo wafinyelela endlini yeNkosi.

Ukushona kukaBenedict XVI kushiya isikhala eBandleni nasesintwini, kodwa isibonelo sakhe sempilo nokholo sisazoqhubeka nokukhuthaza izizukulwane ezizayo. Ifa layo elingokomoya namasiko liyohlala liyifa.