USanta John Paul II, oNgcwele wosuku luka-22 Okthoba
Ongcwele wosuku lwango-Okthoba 22
(Meyi 18, 1920 - Ephreli 2, 2005)
Indaba kaSanta John Paul II
"Vula iminyango kuKristu", wanxusa uJohn Paul II ngesikhathi sehholo lemisa lapho abekwa khona njengopapa ngo-1978.
U-Karol Jozef Wojtyla owazalelwa eWadowice, ePoland, wayelahlekelwe ngunina, ubaba wakhe kanye nomfowabo omdala ngaphambi kosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwama-21. Umsebenzi kaKarl othembisayo kwezemfundo eJagiellonian University eKrakow wehliswa ngokugqashuka kweMpi Yezwe II. Ngenkathi esebenza embonini yezinkwali namakhemikhali, wabhalisa engqungqutheleni "yomshoshaphansi" eKrakow. Wabekwa njengompristi ngo-1946, wathunyelwa ngokushesha eRoma lapho athola khona iziqu zobudokotela kwezenkolo.
Emuva ePoland, isikhundla esifushane njengomsizi womfundisi esifundeni sasemakhaya sandulela umfundisi wakhe othelayo wabafundi baseyunivesithi. Ngokushesha p. UWojtyla wathola iziqu zobudokotela ngefilosofi futhi waqala ukufundisa leso sifundo ePoland University of Lublin.
Izikhulu zamaKhomanisi zavumela uWojtyla ukuba aqokwe njengombhishobhi osizayo waseKrakow ngo-1958, bemthatha njengongqondongqondo ongenangozi. Babengeke babe nephutha kakhulu!
UMonsignor Wojtyla ubehambele zonke izikhathi ezine zeVatican II futhi wanikela ngandlela thile kuMthethosisekelo Wokwelusa ngeSonto ezweni lanamuhla. Wabekwa njengombhishobhi omkhulu waseKrakow ngo-1964, waqokwa waba ukhadinali eminyakeni emithathu kamuva.
Ekhethwe njengopapa ngo-Okthoba 1978, wathatha igama lalowo owayengaphambi kwakhe. UPapa John Paul II waba ngupapa wokuqala ongeyena wase-Italy eminyakeni engama-455. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wenza ukuhambela okwelusayo emazweni ayi-124, amaningi awo enabantu abancane abangamaKristu.
UJohn Paul II ukhuthaze imizamo yezenkolo kanye nezenkolo, ikakhulukazi iDay of Prayer for Peace ngo-1986 e-Assisi. Wavakashela isinagoge elikhulu eRoma kanye noDonga lwaseNtshonalanga eJerusalema; liphinde lasungula ubudlelwano bokuxhumana phakathi kwe-Holy See ne-Israyeli. Wathuthukisa ubudlelwane bamaKhatholika namaSulumane kwathi ngo-2001 wavakashela isonto lamaSulumane eDamaseku, eSyria.
IJubili Elikhulu Lonyaka 2000, umcimbi obalulekile enkonzweni kaJohn Paul, wawuphawulwa ngemikhosi ekhethekile eRoma nakwezinye izindawo yamaKatolika namanye amaKrestu. Ubudlelwano namaSonto obu-Orthodox bathuthuka kakhulu ngesikhathi sakhe sobupapa.
"UKristu uyisikhungo sendawo yonke nasemlandweni wesintu" kwakuwumugqa wokuqala we-encyclopedia kaJohn Paul II ka-1979, uMhlengi wohlanga lwesintu. Ngo-1995, wazichaza kwi-United Nations General Assembly "njengofakazi wethemba".
Ukuhambela kwakhe ePoland ngo-1979 kwakhuthaza ukukhula kwenhlangano yeSolidarity nokuwa kobukhomanisi eMpumalanga naseMpumalanga Yurophu eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva. UJohn Paul II waqala uSuku Lwabasha Lomhlaba futhi waya emazweni ahlukahlukene kuleyo migubho. Wayefuna kakhulu ukuvakashela eChina naseSoviet Union, kepha ohulumeni balawo mazwe bamvimba.
Esinye sezithombe esasikhunjulwa kakhulu sika-John Paul II's pontificate kwaba ingxoxo yakhe ngo-1983 noMehmet Ali Agca, owayezama ukumbulala eminyakeni emibili eyedlule.
Eminyakeni yakhe engama-27 yenkonzo yobupapa, uJohn Paul II wabhala ama-encyclopical ayi-14 nezincwadi ezinhlanu, wagcoba abangcwele abangama-482 wagcizelela abantu abangu-1.338. Eminyakeni yokugcina yokuphila kwakhe wahlushwa yisifo sikaParkinson futhi waphoqeleka ukuba anciphise eminye yemisebenzi yakhe.
UPope Benedict XVI wagxeka uJohn Paul II ngo-2011 kwathi uPapa Francis wamgunyaza ukuba abe ngo-2014.
Ukuzindla
Ngaphambi kwemisa yomngcwabo kaJohn Paul II eSt.Peter's Square, amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu abelinde ngesineke umzuzwana omncane wokuthandaza ngaphambi komzimba wakhe, okwathi izinsuku ezimbalwa ulele ngaphakathi eSt. Ukusabalala kwabezindaba ngomngcwabo wakhe bekungakaze kwenzeke.
Wengamele imisa lomngcwabo, uKhadinali uJoseph Ratzinger, owayengumphathi weKolishi lamaKhadinali futhi kamuva uPapa Benedict XVI, waphetha inkulumo yakhe ngokuthi: "Akekho kithi oyoke akhohlwe ukuthi, ngeSonto eledlule lePhasika empilweni yakhe, iNgcwele Ubaba, omakwe ukuhlupheka, wabuyela efasiteleni leNdlu yabaPhostoli futhi wagcina ukubusisa urbi et orbi (“edolobheni nasemhlabeni”).
“Singaqiniseka ukuthi upapa wethu esimthandayo umile ewindini lendlu kaBaba namuhla, uyasibona futhi uyasibusisa. Yebo, sibusise, Baba oNgcwele. Sibeka umphefumulo wakho othandekayo kuMama kaNkulunkulu, uMama wakho, obekuhola nsuku zonke futhi manje ozokuholela enkazimulweni yeNdodana yakhe, iNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu. Amen.