UPapa Francis uvakashela isonto lombhishobhi lase-Iraq elishiswe yi-Islamic State
ICathedral enkulu ye-Immaculate Conception yase-Al-Tahira eBakhdida yenziwa mnyama ngaphakathi ngemuva kokuthi umbuso wamaSulumane uwushise ngomlilo ngemuva kokuthatha idolobha ngo-2014. Manje isonto elibuyiselwe kabusha lilungiselela ukwamukela uPapa Francis ohambweni lwakhe oluya e-Iraq ngenyanga ezayo. . UPope Francis uzoba nguPapa wokuqala ukuvakashela e-Iraq. Uhambo lwakhe lwezinsuku ezine oluya kuleli kusuka ngoMashi 5 kuya ku-8 luzobandakanya izitobhi eBaghdad, Mosul naseBakhdida (eyaziwa nangokuthi yiQaraqosh). Isonto lombhishobhi elizovakashelwa ngupapa eBakhdida likhonze umphakathi okhulayo wamaKrestu, kwaze kwaba yilapho uMbuso WamaSulumane uguqula leli sonto laba yindawo yokudubula yasendlini kusukela ngonyaka wezi-2014 kuya kowezi-2016. isonto elikhulu njengoba amaKrestu ebuya ezokwakha kabusha umphakathi wawo. Abe-Aid to the Church in Need bathembise ukubuyisa ngokuphelele ingaphakathi lesonto lombhishobhi elonakaliswe umlilo ngasekupheleni kuka-2016.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi kubaluleke kakhulu ukweseka leli dolobha ngoba liyisibonakaliso esikhulu sobuKrestu e-Iraq. Kuze kube manje besikugcine njengedolobha lobuKrestu, kepha asazi ukuthi ikusasa lisiphatheleni ”, p. UGeorges Jahola, umpristi waseBakhdida. Umfanekiso omusha waseMarian oqoshwe umdwebi ongumKristu wendawo wabekwa phezu kwebell tower ye-Immaculate Conception Cathedral ngoJanuwari. UPapa Francis kuhlelwe ukuthi asho u-Angelus kuleli thempeli kuhlelo lohambo lukapapa oluya e-Iraq olushicilelwe yiVatican ngoFebhuwari 8. Uhlelo olukhishwe yiVatican luphinde luqinisekise ukuthi upapa uzohlangana no-Ali al-Sistani, umholi wamaSulumane amaShiite e-Iraq, ohambweni lwakhe. Ekufikeni kwakhe eBaghdad International Airport, upapa uzohlangana noNdunankulu wase-Iraq uMustafa Al-Kadhimi ngaphambi kokuvakashela uMongameli wase-Iraq uBarham Salih esigodlweni sikamongameli ngoMashi 5. Upapa uzophetha usuku lwakhe lokuqala eSyrian Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation eBaghdad, lapho ezokhuluma khona nababhishobhi bendawo, abapristi, abezenkolo namanye amaKhatholika ase-Iraq.
Ngosuku lwakhe lwesibili e-Iraq, uPapa Francis uzohamba ne-Iraqi Airways baye eNajaf ukuyohlangana no-al-Sistani. Upapa uzobe eseya ethafeni lase-Uri, eningizimu ye-Iraq, iBhayibheli elibiza ngendawo ka-Abrahama. E-Uri, upapa uzokwethula inkulumo emhlanganweni wezinkolo ozoba ngoMashi 6 ngaphambi kokubuyela eBaghdad ukuyogubha imisa ethempelini elikhulu lamaKaledi iSt. UPapa Francis uzovakashela imiphakathi yamaKrestu eThafeni laseNineveh ngosuku lwakhe lwesithathu e-Iraq. Le miphakathi yacekelwa phansi yiSulumane State kusuka ngo-2014 kuya ku-2016, nokuphoqa amaKristu amaningi ukuba abaleke esifundeni. Upapa uzwakalise kaningi ukusondelana kwakhe nala maKristu ashushiswayo. Upapa uzobingelelwa okokuqala esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Erbil ngoMashi 7 yiziphathimandla zezenkolo nezomphakathi zase-Iraq Kurdistan ngaphambi kokuhambela eMosul ukuyothandazela izisulu zempi esikweleni saseHosh al-Bieaa.
Ngokwalolu hlelo, upapa uzobe esevakashela umphakathi wamaKrestu wasendaweni eBakhdida eCathedral of the Immaculate Conception, lapho ezofunda khona i-Angelus. Ngobusuku bakhe bokugcina e-Iraq, uPapa Francis uzogubha imisa enkundleni yezemidlalo e-Erbil ngoMashi 7 ngaphambi kokusuka eBaghdad International Airport ngakusasa ekuseni. UPope Francis wathi ngoFebhuwari 8 ukuthi ubheke phambili ekuvuseleleni ukuhambela kwakhe kobuphostoli. Ukuhambela kwakhe e-Iraq kuzoba ngohambo lukapapa lwamazwe omhlaba esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka ngenxa yobhadane lwe-coronavirus. "Lokhu kuvakasha kuyisibonakaliso esibalulekile sokukhathazeka koMuntu owangena esikhundleni sikaPeter kubantu bakaNkulunkulu okusabalale umhlaba wonke kanye nengxoxo ye-Holy See neMelika," kusho uPapa Francis.