UMask uPapa uFrancis uhamba nohambo olumangazayo lwe-Immaculate Conception
Emcimbini wangoLwesibili we-Immaculate Conception, uPapa Francis uvakashele ePazaz di Spagna eRoma ngenhloso yokuhlonipha iNcasakazi uMariya, kanye nesonto laseSanta Maria Maggiore, lapho ebegubha khona imisa elizimele.
Njalo ngonyaka emcimbini wedili - isizotha esigubha ukukhulelwa okungenasono kukaMariya - upapa uvakashela ikholamu edumile ye-Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary ePiazza di Spagna ayobeka umqhele futhi athandaze kuMama kaNkulunkulu.
Lapho upapa ehamba, sonke isikwele ngokuvamile sigcwala abantu bendawo nabavakashi, bepakisha izikhwama zabo ukubheka upapa, bezwe umthandazo wakhe, futhi benze isenzo sabo sokuzinikela. Isisekelo sesifanekiso ngokuvamile silayishwa izimbali phakathi nomkhosi.
Upapa bekulindeleke ukuthi ahambe kulo nyaka ngenxa yokukhathazeka okuhlobene nobhadane lwe-coronavirus. IVatican imemezele ngoNovemba 30 ukuthi esikhundleni sokuya ePiazza di Spagna njengenjwayelo, uFrancis uzokwenza "isenzo sangasese sokuzinikela" esingabandakanyi umphakathi.
Kodwa-ke, kuvela ukuthi isenzo sikapapa sokuhlonipha ngasese bekuwukuhambela isikwele sodwa, ngaphandle kokunikeza isaziso ngaphambilini.
Wafika esigcawini ngabo-7: 00. isikhathi sendawo, ngenkathi kusamnyama kancane, wabeka isixha sezimbali ezimhlophe phansi kwesithombe, wamisa isikhashana umkhuleko emvuleni enkulu ngenkathi umsizi ephethe isambulela ekhanda lakhe.
Ngokwesitatimende seVatican, uPapa wathandazela ukuthi uMary "abuke ngothando iRoma nezakhamuzi zalo" futhi abaphathise "bonke labo abakuleli dolobha nasemhlabeni abahlushwa ukugula nokuphelelwa yithemba".
UPapa Francis wabe eseya esontweni likaSanta Maria Maggiore, lapho afike wathandaza khona phambi kwesithonjana esidumile seSalus Popoli Romani (Impilo yabantu baseRoma) futhi wagubha imisa eSontweni LaseBasilica ngaphambi kokuba abuyele eVatican.
USanta Maria Maggiore uyintandokazi kaPapa Francis, ovame ukuma ukuthandaza phambi kwesithonjana ngaphambi nangemva kohambo lwamazwe omhlaba.
Ngesikhathi ehambele ePiazza di Spagna, upapa - wagxekwa ngokungasigqoki isifihla-buso ngesikhathi sezinkonzo zomphakathi nezethameli - wayegqoke imaski kukho konke ukuvakasha, izithombe ezabiwe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.