UPapa Francis: Abaxhumanisi abangamaKristu bangaletha ithemba emhlabeni ezinkingeni
Kubalulekile ukuba nemithombo yezokwazisa yamaKhristu enikeza izindaba ezisezingeni eliphakeme ngempilo yeSonto futhi ekwaziyo ukubumba onembeza babantu, kusho uPapa Francis.
Oxhumana nabo abangamaKristu abangochwepheshe “kumele babe ngabathembisi bethemba nokwethembela esikhathini esizayo. Ngoba kuphela lapho ikusasa lamukelwa njengento enhle futhi enokwenzeka lapho isipho samanje futhi siyakwazi ukusebenziseka, ”kusho yena.
Upapa ukusho lokhu ngoSepthemba 18 ezilalelini ezizimele eVatican nezisebenzi zikaTertio, oyisonto laseBelgium eligxile emibonweni yobuKristu neyamaKatolika. Ukushicilelwa nokushicilelwa ku-inthanethi kugubhe iminyaka engamashumi amabili yasungulwa.
“Emhlabeni esiphila kuwo, ulwazi luyingxenye ebalulekile yempilo yethu yansuku zonke,” kusho yena. “Uma kukhulunywa ngekhwalithi (yolwazi), kusivumela ukuthi siziqonde kangcono izinkinga nezinselelo umhlaba obhekene nazo”, futhi kugqugquzela isimo sengqondo nokuziphatha kwabantu.
"Okubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi kube khona imithombo yezindaba yamaKrestu ekhethekile ngolwazi lwekhwalithi ngempilo yeSonto emhlabeni, ekwazi ukufaka isandla ekwakheni onembeza", engeza.
Umkhakha "wezokuxhumana uwumsebenzi obalulekile weSonto," kusho upapa, futhi amaKrestu asebenza kulo mkhakha abizelwe ukuthi aphendule ngokuphelele kwisimemo sikaKristu sokuhamba ayomemezela iVangeli.
"Izintatheli ezingamaKristu ziphoqelekile ukuthi zinikeze ubufakazi obusha emhlabeni wezokuxhumana ngaphandle kokufihla iqiniso noma ukukhohlisa imininingwane".
Imithombo yezindaba yamaKrestu iyasiza futhi ukuletha izwi leSonto kanye nezifundiswa ezingamaKrestu "endaweni yezindaba eqhubeka ngokwenkolo ukuze ilunothise ngokucabanga okwakhayo".
Ukuba ngumemezeli wethemba nokuzethemba ngekusasa elingcono nakho kungasiza abantu ukuthi bakhe umuzwa wethemba ngalesi sikhathi sobhadane lomhlaba wonke, kusho yena.
Kulesi sikhathi senhlekelele, "kubalulekile ukuthi izindlela zokuxhumana nabantu zisize ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi abantu abaguli ngenxa yesizungu futhi bangathola izwi lenduduzo".