Ingabe umbhangqwana wamaKatolika kufanele ube nezingane?

UMandy Easley ubheke ukunciphisa usayizi wezinyawo zakhe zabathengi emhlabeni. Ishintshele otshanini obusebenzayo. Yena nesoka lakhe bavuselela ipulasitiki nezinye izinto zasendlini. Lo mbhangqwana unomkhuba wokuphakela abanye abangenamandla wokuthola izinsiza ezingenamkhawulo - izinja zokutakula zithola ikhaya lokutholwa emndenini wakwa-Easley futhi, njengomfundi wangaphambili waseBellarmine University, u-Easley uhambela eGuatemala ukuyohamba nabafundi ekhefu elisuselwa enkonzweni kwentwasahlobo.

U-Easley, 32, kanye nesoka lakhe, u-Adam Hutti, abanazo nhlobo izinhlelo zokubeletha, ngokwengxenye ngoba abakwazi ukusiza kepha babone umhlaba ngensimbi yesimo sezulu esishintsha ngokushesha. * U-Easley waqaphela ngenkathi ehamba nohambo lokuya e-Guatemala, uthi isenzo sakhe sokulwa nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu sidalwa yizinkinga zokungabi namakhaya nobuphofu. Uma ebheka imindeni ekhipha imfucumfucu eyi-elekthronikini ukuthi ishise ipulasitiki futhi ithengise i-aluminium kanye nengilazi ukuze ikwazi ukuthenga izingane zayo esikoleni, wabona ukuthi imfucuza enkulu yesiko lanamuhla elahlekayo iba umthwalo amanye amazwe, amanye amadolobha nabanye abantu abazama ukuchuma.

Kuyasebenza emphakathini wabo waseLouisville futhi bayazi ngokuntuleka kwezinsiza abantu abaningi abahlangabezana nazo, u-Easley noHutti banesifiso sokubheka ama-ejensi okwamukela izingane ngemuva kokushada.

"Ziningi izinto ezizayo futhi akubonakali sengathi unesibopho sokuletha impilo entsha kulolo dlame," kusho u-Easley. "Akusizi ngalutho ukuletha izingane eziningi emhlabeni uma kukhona, ikakhulukazi eKentucky, izingane eziningi ezihlala enkulisa."

U-Easley uyazi ukuthi ushintsho oluhlelekile olulethwe ohulumeni nezinkampani lungasebenza kakhulu kunezinyathelo ezincane azithathayo empilweni yakhe, kepha uzizwa enamandla ngombono wakhe nokuthi ubonakalisa kanjani izimiso zakhe zobuKatolika.

Khumbula amagama kaJesu endimeni evela emibhalweni kaMathewu: "Noma yini ongenzele yona okungenani kunabo, ungenzele yona."

"Kuthiwani ngalezi zingane ezilinde ukwamukelwa?" uthe. "Kufanele ngikholwe ukuthi uma sikhetha ukwamukelwa noma ukuphakanyiswa kwezingane ezizalwa, lokhu kunegugu elithile emehlweni kaNkulunkulu. Kumele."

"U-Laudato Si ', onakekela ikhaya lethu elivamile" ugqugquzela insizakalo ka-Easley emphakathini wayo nasemhlabeni wonke. "Ukugcizelelwa kukaFrancis ngokushintshwa kwesimo sezulu obe nomthelela kubantu abampofu kube ngenye yezimpendulo zabefundisi eziguqukayo kulokho okwenzeka emhlabeni," kusho yena.

Njengoba uFrancis ebhala, kanjalo no-Easley wenza: “Kumele sinanzelele ukuthi indlela yangempela yemvelo ihlala iba yindlela yokuxhumana nabantu; kumele ihlanganise imibuzo yobulungiswa ezingxoxweni zemvelo, ukuze ilalele ukukhala komhlaba kanye nokukhala kwabampofu ”(LS, 49).

Lapho umbhangqwana ushada eSontweni LamaKatolika, bafunga ngesikhathi sesakramente ukuthi bavulelwe impilo. Ikhathekizimu leSonto Lama Katolika ligcizelela lo msebenzi, eqinisekisa ukuthi "uthando oluhlanganisiwe luyalwa ekuthweni nasekufundisweni kwezingane futhi yilapho luthola inkazimulo yalo".

Mhlawumbe kungenxa yokuthi isikhundla sebandla ekutholeni izingane, esiqinisekiswe ngumbhalo kaPapa Paul VI uHumanae Vitae ngonyaka we-1968, asiguquki, amaKatolika azibuza umbuzo wokuba nezingane atjhugulukele yonke indawo ngaphandle kwebandla ukuthola izimpendulo.

UJulie Hanlon Rubio ufundisa izimilo zokuziphatha komphakathi e-Jesuit School of Theology eNyuvesi yaseSanta Clara, futhi ubona igebe phakathi kokukhuthaza ukufundiswa okusemthethweni kwesonto, njengokuhlela kwemindeni yemvelo, kanye nesifiso sokuthi amaKatolika abambe iqhaza amaqembu anikeza ubuqiniso nokuqonda kokuqonda usizo lokuqonda.

"Kunzima ukwenza konke lokhu ngokwakho," kusho yena. "Uma kunezindawo ezenzelwe lolu hlobo lwengxoxo, ngicabanga ukuthi zinhle impela."

Imfundiso yezenhlalo yama Katolika ibiza ama Katolika emndenini ngokuthi "uyisisekelo esiyisisekelo", kodwa futhi icela amakholwa ukuthi abe nobumbano nabanye futhi anakekele uMhlaba, amanani abantu abaningi abaseminyakeni ephakathi abakwamukela, njengoba sebekhulele emhlabeni wembulunga yonke. futhi zixhunyaniswe ngedijithali encane yizimboni ezinkulu zabathengi nezobuchwepheshe.

Lokhu kumbonga kungaholela ekukhathazekeni ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye nendima yemindeni yaseMelika ekusebenziseni izinsiza. Umuzwa uze ube negama lawo: "eco-ukukhathazeka". UHanlon Rubio uthi kubafundi bakhe uvame ukuzwa ngokuxakeka kwezwe futhi ngenkathi kungabonakala kukhulu ukucabanga ngomhlaba ekukhetheni indlela yokuphila, kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi ukuphelela akuyona inhloso yokugcina.

"Ngicabanga ukuthi kukuhle ukuqwashisa lokhu futhi ngiqaphela ukuthi isiko lamaKatolika liyabona ukuthi akekho ongakugwema ukubambisana kwezinto ezimbi nobubi," kusho uHanlon Rubio. "Ososayensi bezemvelo nabo bathi," Ungavumeli ukuphelela komuntu uqobo kukwenze ube nzima ukuze ungabi namandla okuvikela ezepolitiki. "