Ngenjabulo, amakhulu ezinkulungwane zamaKatolika namanye amaKrestu aseMozambique nasezifundeni ezingomakhelwane e-Afrika eseNingizimu bamukele UPapa Francis kuya Mozambique lapho afike khona ngoLwesithathu, emlenzeni wakhe wokuqala wokuvakasha e-Afrika.
UPapa manje uvakashela eMozambique, Madagascar naseMauritius kuze kube nguLwesibili ngesonto elizayo, lapho ezoqeda khona uhambo lwaseNingizimu ye-Afrika, okuwukuhambela kwesine ezwenikazi i-Afrika selokhu akhethwa ukuhola iSonto LamaKatolika.
Imibiko ithi uBaba oNgcwele wenze imithandazo eMozambique ngaphambi nje kokuya eMadagascar, izwe eliyisiqhingi elise-Indian Ocean cishe ngamakhilomitha angama-250 ukusuka ogwini lwase-Afrika.
UPapa kulindeleke ukuthi aqhubeke nokuhambela amazwe amathathu aseNingizimu ye-Afrika ngenhloso yokubhekana nobuphofu obedlulele kanye nezindlela ezingcono la mazwe ase-Afrika angasebenzisa ngazo izinsiza zawo ukuletha intuthuko kubantu bawo.
UVatican uthe uhambo lukapapa e-Afrika “wukuhambela kweThemba, ukuthula nokuBuyisana”.
Amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu kulo lonke elaseNingizimu ne-Afrika alandela ukuhambela kukapapa eMozambique ngeziteshi zethelevishini zakuleli nezamazwe omhlaba, amaphephandaba kanye neminye imithombo yezindaba, kanti abanye basuka emazweni angomakhelwane beya eMiseni eliNgcwele eMaputo.
ETanzania, izinkumbi zabantu okubalwa kuzo intsha, abesifazane nabesilisa bebeqoqene ezindaweni ezehlukene, okubalwa kuzo namahholo okuzithokozisa, bezobuka nokuhambela kukaPapa eMozambique.
Kungukuvakasha kwesibili kukaBaba Ongcwele e-Afrika, eNingizimu yeSahara ngemuva kokuvakasha okunjalo eKenya, e-Uganda naseCentral African Republic eminyakeni emine edlule.
ISonto LamaKatolika yisikhungo esihamba phambili sokuhlinzeka ngemfundo nezinsizakalo zezempilo kubantu abavela eTanzania kuya kwezinye izifundazwe eziseNingizimu ye-Afrika.
