UBawo Oyingcwele uthe kwiVatican kwinyanga ephelileyo kukho ukuxhaphazwa kwezixhobo eAfrika.
"IAfrika yodwa, kukho into ekufuneka siyigxekile, kukho umbono odibeneyo wokungazi nto othi iAfrika iza kuxhatshazwa, kwaye imbali isixelela oku, inkululeko iphakathi," UPapa sitsho.
“Babanika inkululeko yezoqoqosho ukusuka ezantsi, kodwa bagcine umhlaba ukuze baxhamle; sibona ukuxhaphazwa kwamanye amazwe kuthabatha ubuncwane bawo,” watsho ngaphandle kweenkcukacha ezininzi neembekiselo.
“Sibona ubutyebi bezinto eziphathekayo kuphela, yiyo loo nto ngokwembali babufunwa kwaye buxhatshazwe. Namhlanje, siyabona ukuba amagunya ehlabathi amaninzi esiya apho ukuze aphange, kuyinyaniso, yaye akabuboni ubukrelekrele, ubukhulu, ubugcisa babantu,” watsho uBawo Ongcwele.
UPope Francis unike izimvo zakhe zobuqu eAfrika ngeli xesha xa elungiselela ukutyelela iDemocratic Republic of Congo (i-DRC) kunye ne-South Sudan, amazwe ama-2 ase-Afrika adlakazwe yimfazwe kangangamashumi eminyaka. I-DR Congo ityebile kwimithombo yezimbiwa eye yaphembelela iminyaka emininzi yokulwa.
“ISouth Sudan luluntu olubandezelekileyo. I-Congo ihlupheka ngeli xesha ngenxa yemfazwe; kungoko ndingayi eGoma, kuba akunakwenzeka ngenxa yomlo,” utshilo.
“Asikuko nokuba andihambi kuba ndisoyika, kodwa ngalo moya kunye nokubona okwenzekayo, kufuneka sibakhathalele abantu.”
Ukuveliswa kwezixhobo kuyeyona ngxaki inkulu ejongene nehlabathi ngeli xesha, utshilo uPontiff.
UPapa uFrancis uya kuhambela iDemocratic Republic of the Congo kunye neSouth Sudan ukusuka ngoJanuwari 31 ukuya kwi-5 kaFebruwari 2023, uhambo lwabapostile oluya kumhlanganisa kunye nabameli bemibutho yesisa eDemocratic Republic of Congo kunye nabantu abafudukele ngaphakathi eMzantsi. Sudan.
Uya kudibana nooMongameli kula mazwe ama-2 ase-Afrika kunye neentloko zeCawa yamaKatolika, phakathi kwabameli abavela kwimibutho eyahlukeneyo yenkolo kunye noluntu.
Iingxelo zangaphambili ezivela e-DR Congo zathi uPope Francis uza kwenza uhambo olusele lubhengezelele uxolo lwase-DRC ukusuka nge-31 kaJanuwari 2023 ukuya kwi-3 kaFebruwari ngesimemo sikaMongameli uFélix Tshisekedi.
Inkulumbuso yase-DR Congo uJean-Michel Sama Lukonde uthe ukufika kukapopu "kuthuthuzela abantu baseCongo."
Inkulumbuso icele bonke abemi base-DRC ukuba "bahlale bekwimo yokuthandaza" njengoko besamkela upopu, ngakumbi ngexesha "xa i-DRC idlula kuzo zonke ezi meko zokhuseleko."
Ukwacele abantu baseCongo ukuba baphinde basungule amalungiselelo otyelelo ebelulungiselelwe kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo.
Ngomhla woku-1 kuFebruwari, uBawo Oyingcwele uya kubhabha eGoma ukuya kudibana namaxhoba obundlobongela kunye nabameli bemibutho yesisa esebenza nabo.
UPontiff umeme amakholwa ukuba athandazele iDemocratic Republic of Congo, njengoko iinxalenye zelizwe elikuMbindi Afrika zinyamezele ubundlobongela phambi kohambo lwakhe lobupostile kweli lizwe laseAfrika ekupheleni kwale nyanga.
