UTrump uhalalisela uPapa Francis ngeminyaka engu-7 yokukhetha kwakhe upapa
UMongameli uDonald Trump uthumele ukuhalalisela uPapa Francis ngeminyaka engu-7 yokukhethwa kwakhe njengo pontiff.
"Egameni labantu baseMelika, ngiyahlonishwa ukunihalalisela ngokugubha iminyaka eyisikhombisa yokhetho lwenu eHhovisi likaMongameli weSt. Peter," wabhala encwadini eyabhalwa ngoMashi 13.
“Kusukela ngonyaka we-1984, i-United States kanye ne-Holy See basebenze ndawonye ukukhuthaza ukuthula, inkululeko kanye nesithunzi somuntu emhlabeni wonke. Ngibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana kwethu okuqhubekayo, ”eqhubeka. "Ngiyacela wemukele imikhuleko yami nezifiso ezinhle uma uqala unyaka wesishiyagalombili we-pontifrate yakho."
UFrancesco noTrump bahlangane ngoMeyi wonyaka wezi-2017 lapho umongameli eseRoma ngesikhathi sohambo oluya e-Italy.
Ngenkathi uFrancis eqala unyaka wesishiyagalombili wobupapa bakhe, izazimeli ezihamba phambili zaseMelika nazo zathumela amanye amaphuzu wokuhalalisela.
"I-United States kanye ne-Holy See bajabulele iminyaka eminingi yobungani kanye nokubambisana eduze ekwakheni isithunzi sobuntu emhlabeni wonke," kubhala uNobhala Wezwe laseMelika uMike Pompeo. "Ngibheke ukuqhubeka nokusebenzisana kwethu ukukhuthaza intando yeningi, inkululeko kanye namalungelo abantu emhlabeni jikelele."
UPompeo, ongumKristu wevangeli, wahlangana ngasese noFrancis ngo-Okthoba wokugcina ngesikhathi evakashele e-Italy ngokusemthethweni.
U-Callista Gingrich, inxusa lase-United States kwi-Holy See naye ubhalele uFrancis ethi: "Ubuholi bakho bezinguquko kanye nenkonzo ethembekile ziyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza izigidi zabantu baseMelika."
"Kuyo yonke le minyaka, i-United States kanye ne-Holy See basebenze ngokubambisana ukubhekana nezinselelo zomhlaba nokusiza labo abadinga usizo kakhulu," engeza. "Kungumsebenzi nelungelo elikhulu ukusebenzisana nawe nozakwabo ku-Holy See ukuze siqhubeke nalolu lwazi olukhulu".
Ngenkathi abahambi ababalelwa ku-150.000 begcwalisa iSt Peter Square eminyakeni eyisikhombisa eyedlule lapho kukhethwa uFrancis, uFrancis ungena onyakeni wakhe wesishiyagalombili enendawo ethule kakhulu eRoma ngenkathi i-Italy icishe yema ngenxa yobhadane lomhlaba wonke olwenzeka ngenxa yeCovid - Amagciwane ayi-19.
IPizaza San Pietro ne-basilica njengamanje kuvaliwe kubavakashi futhi iMisa yomphakathi imisiwe e-Italy. E-United States, inani elikhulayo lababhishobhi bamaKatolika likhansele izindimbane zangesonto noma zanikeza imali yokuqukethe ukusakazwa kwaleli gciwane.