UPapa uFrancis ufike e-Abu Dhabi e-United Arab Emirates ngeSonto eledlule njengopapa wokuqala ukuvakashela iNhlonhlo yase-Arabia. Uhambe ngoLwesibili, esanda kugubha iMisa eliyingqophamlando lamaKhatholika elinabantu abangu-135,000.
Imvelo engakaze ibonwe yalokhu kuhambela kukapapa iyamangalisa. Emlandweni wobuKrestu nobuSulumane akukaze kwenzeke ukuthi umbhishobhi waseRoma aye lapho okwazalelwa khona inkolo yamaMuslim - ingasaphathwa eyokugubha imisa yomphakathi.
Ngaphandle kwemiphumela engokomlando, ukuvakasha kukaPapa uFrancis eNhlonhlweni yase-Arabia kuphawule isinyathelo esibalulekile sokuthuthukisa izimiso zokuphilisana kanye nenkululeko yenkolo - umgomo yena no-Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, u-imam omkhulu we-Al-Azhar Mosque yase-Egypt, abahlanganisa isimemezelo esihlanganyelwe ngemva kokuvakasha.
I-United States ishayela ihlombe u-His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, inkosana yase-Abu Dhabi, kanye nohulumeni wase-UAE ngesimemo sabo. I-UAE isingathe abantu abavela ezizweni ezingaphezu kuka-200 abakhululekile ukwenza izinkolo zabo, okuhlanganisa ubuKristu, ubuSulumane, ubuBuddha nobuHindu.
Ukuhlanganisa ukubekezelelana nokuqondana nezwe lamaSulumane kube yinto ehamba phambili yobupapa bukaPapa uFrancis. Uke wahlangana izikhathi ezinhlanu noSheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb futhi wavakashela izindawo ezingcwele zamaSulumane njenge-Al-Aqsa Mosque kwa-Israel kanye neBlue Mosque eTurkey.
Uhambo lukapapa oluya e-UAE lwakhiwe ekuvakasheni okwamukelwe kahle eSaudi Arabia nguKhadinali uJean-Louis Tauran ongasekho ngo-2018, owayehola uMkhandlu KaPontifical we-Interreligious Dialogue waseVatican.
Ngasekuqaleni konyaka uPapa uFrancis watshela amanxusa agunyazwe eVatican ukuthi ukuvakasha kwakhe e-UAE kanye nohambo oluzayo lokuya eMorocco “kumela amathuba amabili abalulekile okuqhubekisela phambili ukuxoxisana phakathi kwezinkolo kanye nokuqondana phakathi kwabalandeli bazo zombili izinkolo kulo nyaka ophawula iminyaka engu-800 kwasungulwa. umhlangano oyingqopha-mlando phakathi kukaSanta Francis wase-Assisi noSultan al-Malik al-Kāmil.”
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kohambo lwakhe lokuya eNhlonhlweni Yase-Arabia, uPapa uFrancis wezwakalisa kwabezindaba ukuthi wayenethemba elingakanani lokuthi ngokuxoxisana kwezenkolo ukuvakasha kwakhe kungangenisa “ikhasi elisha emlandweni wobudlelwano phakathi kwezinkolo, eliqinisekisa ukuthi singabazalwane osisi.”
Amandla alo mqondo - okuthi ngokubekezelelana nokuqonda izinkolo ezinkulu zomhlaba zingathola ubuntu obujwayelekile - angeke abukeke phansi. Lezi zimiso zokuhlukahluka kwezenkolo kanye nezingxoxo nazo zabiwa ngokungananazi yi-United States ngaphansi kobuholi bukaMongameli Trump.
Ohambweni lwakhe lokuqala lukamongameli phesheya kwezilwandle ngo-2017, uMongameli uTrump wavakashela izikhungo zenkolo zenkolo ngayinye ka-Abraham - iSaudi Arabia, Israel kanye neVatican City.
Enkulumweni yakhe e-Riyadh engqungqutheleni yama-Arab Islamic American, umongameli wakhuthaza ukubekezelelana ngokwenkolo, inkululeko kanye nezingxoxo: “Emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka iMpumalanga Ephakathi ibiyikhaya lamaKristu, amaSulumane namaJuda ahlala ndawonye. Kufanele siphinde sizijwayeze ukubekezelelana nokuhloniphana - futhi senze lesi sifunda sibe indawo lapho wonke umuntu wesilisa nowesifazane, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi banokholo noma uhlanga, bengajabulela ukuphila okunesithunzi nethemba.”
I-United States iyaqonda ukuthi ngokuxoxisana kwezinkolo ezixubile nezingxoxo, kanye nokuhlonipha inkululeko yezenkolo, amazwe nezifunda ezake zahlaselwa uqhekeko nodlame zingaba nokuthula, zivikeleke futhi ziphumelele.
Sihalalisela oNgcwele uPapa uFrancis ngokuvakasha kwakhe okuyingqophamlando eNhlonhlweni Yase-Arabia futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi wethu obalulekile ngokubambisana wokuqhubekisela phambili inkululeko yezenkolo emhlabeni wonke.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Earlier this year Pope Francis told the ambassadors accredited to the Vatican that his visit to the UAE and upcoming trip to Morocco “represent two important opportunities to advance interreligious dialogue and mutual understanding between the followers of both religions in this year that marks the 800th anniversary of the historic meeting between Saint Francis of Assisi and Sultan al-Malik al-Kāmil.
- Beyond the historic implications, Pope Francis' visit to the Arabian Peninsula marked a significant step toward advancing the principles of coexistence and religious freedom – a goal he and Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, the grand imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar Mosque, codified in their joint declaration following the visit.
- A few days prior to his journey to the Arabian Peninsula, Pope Francis expressed to the news media how hopeful he was that through interreligious dialogue his visit could usher in “a new page in the history of relations between religions, confirming that we are brothers and sisters.
