UPope Francis ufuna kube nokuthula eCentral African Republic ngemuva kokhetho olwaba nempikiswano

UPope Francis ubizele uLwesithathu ukuthula eCentral African Republic kulandela ukhetho olwaba nempikiswano.

Enkulumweni yakhe ayibhekise kwi-Angelus ngoJanuwari 6, okuyisizotha se-Epiphany of the Lord, upapa uzwakalise ukukhathazeka ngalezi zidubedube ezilandela ivoti langomhla zingama-27 kuZibandlela lokhetho lukaMengameli wezwe kanye neNational Assembly.

“Ngilandela imicimbi eseCentral African Republic ngokucophelela nangokukhathazeka, lapho kubanjwe khona ukhetho muva nje lapho abantu bezwakalise isifiso sabo sokuqhubeka nendlela yokuthula,” kusho yena.

"Ngimema wonke amaqembu engxoxweni yobuzalwane nenenhlonipho, ukwenqaba zonke izinhlobo zenzondo nokugwema zonke izinhlobo zodlame".

UPapa Francis unobudlelwano obujulile nalesi sizwe esimpofu futhi esingenamanzi esihlaselwe yimpi yombango kusukela ngonyaka wezi-2012. Ngo-2015 wavakashela kuleli, wavula iHoly Door yethempeli elikhulu lamaKhatholika enhlokodolobha, iBangui, elungiselela uNyaka Wesihe .

Bangu-54 abantu abangenele ukhetho lukamengameli. UFaustin-Archange Touadéra, onguMengameli ophethe, umemezele ukuthi uphinde wakhethwa ngamavoti angama-XNUMX%, kodwa abanye abavotelwe bathi leli voti lalinokungahambi ngendlela.

Umbhishobhi wamaKatolika wabika ngoJanuwari 4 ukuthi amavukelambuso asekela owayengumongameli ayethumbe idolobha laseBangassou. UMbhishobhi Juan José Aguirre Muñoz unxuse umkhuleko, wathi izingane "ezibambe ongezansi kulolu dlame" zithuke kakhulu ".

Njengendlela yokuvikela ukusabalala kwe-coronavirus, upapa wethula inkulumo yakhe ye-Angelus emtatsheni wezincwadi wase-Apostolic Palace, kunasefasiteleni elibheke eSt.Peter's Square, lapho bekuyobe kuhlangene khona isixuku.

Enkulumweni yakhe ngaphambi kokufunda i-Angelus, upapa ukhumbule ukuthi ngoLwesithathu kwaphawula isizotha se-Epiphany. Ekhuluma ngokufundwa kokuqala kosuku, u-Isaya 60: 1-6, ukhumbule ukuthi lo mprofethi wayenombono wokukhanya phakathi kobumnyama.

Echaza lo mbono “njengobaluleke kakhulu kunanini ngaphambili,” uthe: “Impela ubumnyama bukhona futhi busongela empilweni yawo wonke umuntu nasemlandweni wesintu; kepha ukukhanya kukaNkulunkulu kunamandla amakhulu. Kumele yamukelwe ukuze ikhanyisele wonke umuntu ”.

Ephendukela eVangelini losuku, uMathewu 2: 1-12, upapa wathi umvangeli wakhombisa ukuthi ukukhanya "kwakungumntwana waseBhetlehema".

“Akazalelwanga abathile kuphela kodwa wabesilisa nabesifazane bonke abantu. Ukukhanya okwabantu bonke, insindiso ingeyabantu bonke ”, kusho yena.

Wabe esecabanga ukuthi ukukhanya kukaKristu kwaqhubeka kanjani ukusabalala emhlabeni wonke.

Uthe: “Ayikwenzi lokhu ngezindlela ezinamandla zemibuso yaleli zwe ehlala izama ukuthatha amandla. Cha, ukukhanya kukaKristu kusabalala ngokumenyezelwa kweVangeli. Ngesimemezelo… ngegama kanye nofakazi “.

"Futhi ngale 'ndlela' efanayo uNkulunkulu wakhetha ukuza phakathi kwethu: ukuba sesimweni somuntu, okusho ukuthi, ukusondela komunye, ukuhlangana nomunye, kucatshangelwa ukuba yiqiniso komunye nokunikeza ubufakazi bokholo lwethu kuwo wonke umuntu" .

“Kungale ndlela kuphela lapho ukukhanya kukaKristu, onguThando, kungakhanya kulabo abakwamukelayo futhi bahehe abanye. Ukukhanya kukaKristu akunwebeki kuphela ngamazwi, ngokusebenzisa izindlela ezingezona ezentengiselwano… Cha, cha, ngokukholwa, ngezwi nangobufakazi. Kanjalo ukukhanya kukaKristu kuyanda. "

Upapa wanezela: “Ukukhanya kukaKristu akwandisi ukuguqula abantu. Kunweba ngobufakazi, ngokuvuma ukholo. Ngisho nangokufel 'ukholo. "

UPapa Francis uthe kufanele samukele ukukhanya, kodwa singalokothi sicabange ngokuba nakho noma "ukukulawula".

"Cha. NjengamaMagi, nathi sibizelwe ukuba sizivumele sithakazelwe, sihehwe, siqondiswe, sikhanyiselwe futhi siguqulwe nguKristu: Uhambo lokholo, ngomkhuleko nangokuzindla ngemisebenzi kaNkulunkulu, oqhubeka esigcwalisa ngentokozo nangokumangala, isimanga esisha njalo. Lesi simanga ngaso sonke isikhathi yisinyathelo sokuqala sokuqhubekela phambili ngalokhu, ”kusho yena.

Ngemuva kokufunda i-Angelus, upapa wethula isicelo sakhe sokuya eCentral African Republic. Ube esethulela imikhonzo kaKhisimusi "abafowethu nodadewethu bamaSonto aseMpumalanga, amaKhatholika nama-Orthodox", abazogubha ukuzalwa kweNkosi ngomhlaka 7 Januwari.

UPapa Francis uqaphele ukuthi idili le-Epiphany liphinde lagubha iWorld Day of Missionary Childhood, eyasungulwa nguPapa Pius XII ngo-1950. Uthe izingane eziningi emhlabeni wonke zizokhumbula lolu suku.

"Ngibonga ngamunye wabo futhi ngibakhuthaza ukuba babe ngofakazi abajabulayo bakaJesu, bahlale bezama ukuletha ubuzalwane phakathi kontanga yakho," esho.

Upapa uphinde wathumela ukubingelela okukhethekile kwiThree Kings Parade Foundation, echaza ukuthi, "ihlela imicimbi yokushumayela ivangeli kanye nobumbano emadolobheni amaningi nasezigodini ePoland nakwamanye amazwe".

Ephetha inkulumo yakhe uthe: “Nginifisela usuku oluhle lokugubha usuku lonke! Ngicela ungakhohlwa ukungikhulekela ”.