Mu 2018 Papa Francis adabwera kudzakonzekera ulendo wake wopita ku Malta, dziko lapansi linali losiyana kotheratu. Papa adakonza zopita ku chilumbachi cha Mediterranean kukadzudzula imfa ndi nyanja ya anthu masauzande ambiri osamukira kumayiko ena pomwe amayesa kukafika ku Europe ndi zombo zolimba ngati zipolopolo za mtedza.
Ulendowu udakonzedweratu Meyi 2019, koma udathetsedwa chifukwa cha mliri. Tsiku lachiwiri lokonzekera linali December 2021, monga gawo lachitatu la Mediterranean paulendo wake wopita ku Kupro ndi Greece, koma kuyandikira kwa zisankho ku Malta kunapangitsa kuti zisankho zisinthe.
Kachitatu mwayi. Kuchokera ku Malta, sabata ino Papa akambirana za nkhondo ku Europe, vuto lakusamuka, mavuto azachuma komanso kumanganso pambuyo pa mliri.
Popeza ndilofunika kwambiri kupulumutsa miyoyo, Francis akufuna kupempha ku Ulaya kuti akonzekere mwachifundo komanso mowolowa manja kuti alandire othawa kwawo omwe akuthawa nkhondo ku Africa ndi Middle East. Adzapereka mwachitsanzo kulimbikitsana kwabwino komwe kunapangidwa m'dziko lonselo kuti athandize anthu 4 miliyoni omwe athawa mabomba ku Ukraine ndipo adzapempha mayiko a EU kuti agwirizane ndi mphamvu kuti aphatikize anthuwa.
Ku Brussels ndi ku Moscow ali tcheru ku zokamba za ndale za ulendo wa Papa. Francis akuyembekezeka kuthana ndi udindo wa NATO, udindo wa Russia, kapena kuyimira pakati kwa Holy See kuti athetse nkhondo. Adzachita izi ndi mamvekedwe osiyanasiyana pamsonkhano ndi gulu la ndale ndi ma diplomatic Corps of Malta Loweruka m'mawa, komanso pamsonkhano wa atolankhani pa ndege yobwerera, Lamlungu masana.
Paulendowu, wa maola pafupifupi 36, Papa adzakhala ndi mwayi wokambirana nkhani zina zoyaka moto za nkhanza monga zomwe mpingo wa Katolika ukukumana nazo, kuipitsa nyanja ya Mediterranean ngakhalenso ufulu wa atolankhani, womwe unayambika pambuyo pa kuphedwa kwa 2017. wa mtolankhani Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Ulendowu udzayesanso thanzi la papa. M’miyezi yaposachedwapa wasonyeza kuvutika kwambiri kuyenda. Ali ndi zaka 85, ali ndi mavuto a m'chiuno ndi mawondo, omwe okonza ulendowu adzawagonjetsa kuti apewe kuyimitsidwa kosafunikira ndikuchotsa masitepe kudzera m'ma elevator ndi ma ramp.
Francisco apezanso papa Loweruka lino, lomwe sanagwiritsepo ntchito kuyambira paulendo wake wopita ku Iraq mu Marichi 2020, ndi oyimira mabungwe azikhalidwe.
Kuonjezera apo, galimotoyo inakwera ngalawa kupita ku chilumba cha Gozo, kukaona malo opatulika ofunika kwambiri m'dzikoli, 'Ta' Pinu'. Lamlungu m'mawa adzapita ku Grotto of Saint Paul ku Rabat, kumene mwambo wa mtumwi umakhala kwa miyezi itatu yomwe anakhala pachilumbachi. Kenako adzakhala ndi misa mumzinda wa Floriana.
Papa adzachoka ku Malta ndi ulendo wopita kumalo osamukira kumalo omwe kale anali Ħal Far airbase. Padzakhala msonkhano ndi anthu odzipereka ndi othawa kwawo a 200, ambiri mwa iwo omwe anapulumuka m'misasa ya anthu othawa kwawo ku Libya, kumene kunali chifundo kuchokera kwa ogulitsa, atachoka ku Somalia, Eritrea ndi Sudan.
M’chaka chathachi, anthu pafupifupi 800 amene anasamukira kumayiko ena afika kuderali, ndipo ndi ochepa kwambiri poyerekezera ndi anthu 3.406 amene anafika m’chaka cha 2020, n’cholinga choti akafike m’dzikolo.
Pamene Benedict XVI anapita pachilumbachi mu 2010, iye anafunsa Malta kuti "zochokera mphamvu ya mizu yake Christian ndi mbiri yake yaitali ndi wonyada wa kulandila alendo, n'cholinga, mothandizidwa ndi mayiko ena ndi mabungwe mayiko, kubwera kudzathandiza amene afika kuno ndikutsimikizira kulemekeza ufulu wawo”.
Nthawi ino Papa adzakumana yekha ndi anthu ake pa 'Juan XXIII Peace Lab' Migrant Center. Malowa ndi ntchito ya Franciscan Dionysius Mintoff, yemwe ngakhale ali ndi zaka 90, pamodzi ndi gulu la anthu odzipereka, amapereka maphunziro apamwamba kwa achinyamata omwe akuyembekeza kuyankha pempho lawo lothawirako.
Kumeneko papa adzakhala pamaso pa zithunzi za mabotolo apulasitiki obiriwira ndi matailosi, omwe akuyimira kuipitsidwa kwa nyanja, okongoletsedwa ndi malaya amoyo alalanje kukumbukira iwo omwe anafa ndi kumira. Katswiri wa zomangamanga yemwe adazipanga, Carlo Schembri, adakonzekeranso mu 2010 zochitika zina za ulendo wa Benedict XVI, ndipo adasindikiza pa malo ochezera a pa Intaneti zojambula za zomwe Francis adzawone.
Pazokambirana, Papa wasungitsa msonkhano woyambilira wa a Jesuit pachilumbachi, Lamulungu nthawi ya 7:45 m'mawa. Kuphatikiza apo, atolankhani akumaloko apita patsogolo kuti athe kukumana mwamseri ndi ena ozunzidwa, monga momwe Benedict XVI adachitira kumeneko.
Kuyambira pamene Benedict XVI anapita ku Malta mu 2010, wadziwa maiko ambiri a dziko lino ndipo 85% ya anthu akudzitcha Akatolika. Mu 2011, 52% adapempha mu referendum kuti akhazikitse chisudzulo; mu 2017 Nyumba yamalamulo idavomereza maukwati a amuna kapena akazi okhaokha; Kuyambira 2018, kuzizira kwa mazira "owonjezera" panthawi ya umuna wa vitro kwaloledwa. Kumbali ina, kuchotsa mimba ndi euthanasia ndizoletsedwa.
Uwu ndi ulendo wa 36 wa Papa pano, ndipo dziko la 56 lomwe adayendera. Iwo amati etymologically Malta amatanthauza "doko lolandirira". Anatsimikizira ndi Paulo Woyera zaka zoposa 1,960 zapitazo, ndipo tsopano atsimikizira ndi Papa Francis.
