UPope Francis uzohambela e-Iraq ngo-2021
IVatican imemezele ngoMsombuluko ukuthi uPapa Francis uzohambela e-Iraq ngoMashi 2021. Uzoba nguPapa wokuqala ukuvakashela leliya lizwe, elisalulama ekuchithekeni okwenziwe yi-Islamic State.
Uhambo lukapapa lwezinsuku ezine oluya e-Iraq Mashi 5-8 luzobandakanya nezitobhi eBaghdad, e-Erbil naseMosul. Kuzoba uhambo lukapapa lwamazwe omhlaba okokuqala esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka ngenxa yobhadane lwe-coronavirus.
Ukuhambela kukaPapa Francis e-Iraq kuza ngesicelo seRiphabhlikhi yase-Iraq kanye neSonto LamaKatolika lendawo, umqondisi weHoly See Press Office uMatteo Bruni utshele abezindaba ngoDisemba 7.
Kulolu hambo, upapa uzovakashela imiphakathi yamaKrestu eThafeni laseNineve, elacekelwa phansi yi-Islamic State kusuka ngonyaka wezi-2014 kuya kowezi-2016, okwadala ukuthi amaKrestu abaleke kulesi sifunda. UPope Francis usekuveze kaningi ukusondelana kwakhe nale miphakathi yamaKristu eshushiswayo kanye nesifiso sakhe sokuvakashela e-Iraq.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, ukukhathazeka ngokuphepha kuye kwavimbela upapa ekufezeni isifiso sakhe sokuvakashela e-Iraq.
UPapa Francis wathi ngo-2019 ukuthi ufuna ukuvakashela e-Iraq ngo-2020, nokho iVatican yaqinisekisa ngaphambi kokuqubuka kwe-coronavirus e-Italy ukuthi alukho uhambo lukapapa oluya e-Iraq oluzokwenzeka kulo nyaka.
UNobhala Wombuso waseVatican, uKhadinali Pietro Parolin, uvakashele i-Iraq ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi ngo-2018 futhi waphetha ngokuthi izwe alikaqiniseki ngokuvakashelwa ngupapa ngaleso sikhathi.
Uhlelo olusemthethweni lohambo lukapapa lokuqala oluhleliwe lwabaphostoli selokhu kwaqala ubhadane luzoshicilelwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi futhi "luzocubungula ukuvela kwesimo esiphuthumayo sezempilo emhlabeni," kusho uBruni.
Upapa uzovakashela ithafa lase-Uri eningizimu ye-Iraq, iBhayibheli elikhumbula njengendawo okwazalelwa kuyo u-Abrahama. Uzophinde avakashele idolobha laseQaraqosh, enyakatho ne-Iraq, lapho amaKrestu asebenzela khona ukwakha kabusha izinkulungwane zamakhaya namasonto amane alinyazwe yi-Islamic State.
Umongameli wase-Iraq, uBarham Salih, uzamukele izindaba zokuvakashelwa ngupapa, ebhala kuTwitter ngoDisemba 7: "Uhambo lukaPapa Francis lokuya eMesopotamiya - okuyisisekelo sempucuko, lapho kwazalelwa khona u-Abraham, ubaba wabathembekile - kuzoba ngumyalezo lokuthula kuma-Iraqi azo zonke izinkolo futhi sisebenza ukuqinisa izindinganiso zethu ezifanayo zobulungiswa nesithunzi “.
UbuKristu bebukhona ethafeni laseNineve e-Iraq - phakathi kweMosul ne-Iraqi Kurdistan - kusukela ngekhulu lokuqala.
Yize amaKristu amaningi abaleka ekuhlaselweni yiSulumane State ngo-2014 engabuyelanga emakhaya abo, labo ababuyayo bazama ukubhekana nezinselelo zokwakhiwa kabusha ngethemba namandla, umpristi wamaKaledi wamaKhatholika, uFr. UKaram Shamasha utshele i-CNA ngoNovemba.
Ngemuva kweminyaka eyisithupha kuhlaselwe i-Islamic State, i-Iraq ibhekene nezinkinga ezinzima zezomnotho kanye nokulimala ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo okudalwe yizingxabano, kuchaza umpristi.
“Sizama ukwelapha lesi silonda esidalwe yi-ISIS. Imindeni yethu iqinile; bavikela ukholo. Kepha badinga umuntu ozothi, "Wenze kahle kakhulu, kepha kufanele uqhubeke nomsebenzi wakho," esho.