UPadre Pio: ihlazo le-Banker of God

Icala likasomabhange uGiuffrè, obizwa ngeBanker of God, lidale omkhulu umsindo. Wayengusomali ngubani lent imali ngamanani aphakeme kakhulu okwenza i imisebenzi wenhlangano esiza abantulayo enyakatho ne-Italy. Lokhu kwenzeka esikhathini lapho isibhedlela saseSan Giovanni Rotondo sase siyisikhungo esisunguliwe. Ezintsha zazifika njalo iminikelo futhi lokhu kwamvumela ukuba akhule. Izifo eziqhubekayo nalezo ezidume kabi icala benza uPadre Pio ngokuya eba buthakathaka futhi asengozini.

Ngenxa ye- ukuqagela okungalungile ngokushesha umnikazi webhange wayebandakanyekile ku- ukuqhuma ezezimali. Kweqa izinhlangano eziningi nezinhlangano ezibandakanya ezinye zezenkolo ezivela esifundazweni saseFoggia. Baphendukela kuPadre Pio owayesebanike imali mboleko phambilini. Kulokhu babuza okwedlulele izibalo zokuzisindisa ekuqothulweni. UPadre Pio ngobuhle bakhe nasebubini avumile.

Ihlazo laqubuka futhi lafika abathintekayo futhi negama le-friar. Ngakho-ke izitha zakhe ezindala zathola indawo elula yezinsolo ezintsha. Lokhu bekubandakanyekile ukuphathwa weNdlu Yokukhululeka Kokuhlupheka. Baqala izinkolelo ekusetshenzisweni kwemali yeminikelo. I-friar yayizungezwe isimo sezulu esinobuthi, empeleni yayinhloliwe futhi ilawulwa eminyakazweni yayo. Ngisho ku- ukuvuma izono kwakukhona abaqophi abafihliwe.

Wayesolwa ngani uPadre Pio?

A entsha ophethe, uMonsignor Carlo Maccari yena, ngokungafani nomhloli wangaphambilini, wayengakholwanga ngokukholwa okuhle kwe-friar. I- umangalelwe ukushiseka ngokweqile, ukukhohlisa, ukuphazamiseka kokuphatha. Izitha zakhe kulokhu zivela phezulu. Bavikelwe ngunobhala wezwe waseVatican, uMonsignor Loris Capovilla.

UPadre Pio wayeza ushushiswa ngaleyo ngcebo ayisebenzisela ukusiza abampofu futhi wayengeke acabange nokuzigcinela yona. Ngaphandle kokungenelela kwabantu abaningi, uPadre Pio wahlupheka ngempela lynching isimilo kuze kube sekupheleni kuka-1963. Kusuka ngo-1964 kuphela lapho angabuya khona ukuze asebenzise izikhundla zobupristi futhi.