UBaba Ongcwele uthe eseVatican ngenyanga edlule kukhona ukuxhashazwa kwezinsiza e-Afrika.
"I-Afrika ihlukile, kukhona okumele sikugxeke, kunombono ohlangene ongazi ukuthi i-Afrika kufanele ixhashazwe, futhi umlando usitshela lokhu, njengoba inkululeko iphakathi," Pope kusho.
“Babanika inkululeko yezomnotho kusukela phansi kuya phezulu, kodwa bagcine umhlabathi ukuze bawuxhaphaze; sibona ukuxhashazwa kwamanye amazwe ethatha izinsiza zawo,” ephawula ngaphandle kwemininingwane eminingi nezikhombo.
“Sibona ingcebo yezinto ezibonakalayo kuphela, yingakho ngokomlando ibifunwa futhi ixhashazwe. Namuhla, siyabona ukuthi imibuso eminingi yomhlaba iya khona ukuyophanga, kuyiqiniso, futhi ayikuboni ukuhlakanipha, ubukhulu, ubuciko babantu,” kusho uBaba Ongcwele.
UPapa Francis ubeke imibono yakhe siqu e-Afrika ngalesi sikhathi lapho ezovakashela iDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC) kanye neSouth Sudan, amazwe amabili ase-Afrika ahlaselwe yizingxabano amashumi eminyaka. I-DR Congo inothile ngezimbiwa phansi osekubangele ukulwa iminyaka eminingi.
“ISouth Sudan iwumphakathi ohluphekayo. I-Congo ihlupheka ngalesi sikhathi ngenxa yezingxabano; yingakho ngingayi eGoma njengoba kungenzeki ngenxa yokulwa,” usho kanje.
“Akukhona ukuthi angihambi ngoba nginovalo, kodwa ngalo mkhathi nokubona okwenzekayo, kufanele sinakekele abantu.”
Ukukhiqizwa kwezikhali kube yinkinga enkulu emhlabeni wonke ngalesi sikhathi, kusho uPhapha.
UPapa uFrancis uzohambela eDemocratic Republic of the Congo naseSouth Sudan kusukela ngoJanuwari 31 kuya kuFebhuwari 5, 2023, ohambweni lobuphostoli oluzomhlanganisa nabamele izinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi eDemocratic Republic of Congo kanye nabantu ababaleki ngaphakathi eNingizimu Afrika. Sudan.
Uzophinde ahlangane noMengameli kulawo mazwe ama-2 ase-Afrika kanye nezinhloko zeBandla lamaKhatholika, phakathi kwabamele izinhlangano zezenkolo nezabantu ezahlukene.
Imibiko yangaphambilini evela e-DR Congo yathi uPapa uFrancis uzothatha uhambo lokuyothula e-DRC oselumenyezelwe kusukela ngoJanuwari 31, 2023, kuya kuFebhuwari 3 ngokumenywa nguMongameli uFélix Tshisekedi.
UNdunankulu wase-DR Congo uJean-Michel Sama Lukonde uthe ukufika kukapapa "kuyinduduzo kubantu baseCongo."
UNdunankulu ucele zonke izakhamizi zase-DRC ukuthi "zihlale esimweni sokuthandaza" njengoba zamukela upapa, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi "lapho i-DRC idlula kuzo zonke lezi zimo zokuphepha."
Uphinde wacela abaseCongo ukuthi baphinde bethule amalungiselelo okuvakasha ayewalungise ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule.
NgoFebhuwari 1, uBaba Ongcwele uzondizela eGoma ukuyohlangana nezisulu zodlame kanye nabamele izinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi ezisebenza nabo.
U-Pontiff umeme amakholwa ukuthi akhulekele iDemocratic Republic of Congo, njengoba izingxenye zezwe lase-Afrika Emaphakathi zibekezelela udlame ngaphambi kohambo lwakhe lobupostoli kuleli zwe lase-Afrika ngasekupheleni kwale nyanga.
