Lapho ngo-2018 uPapa uFrancis efika ezolungiselela uhambo lwakhe oluseduze lwaseMalta, isimo somhlaba sasihluke ngokuphelele. Upapa uhlele ukuya kulesi siqhingi saseMedithera ukuyogxeka ukufa nolwandle lwezinkulungwane zabafuduki abaphoqelelwe njengoba bezama ukufinyelela eYurophu ngemikhumbi eqinile njengamagobolondo e-walnut.
Uhambo beluhlelelwe uMeyi 2019, kodwa lwakhanselwa ngenxa yalolu bhubhane. Usuku lwesibili oluhleliwe lwalungoDisemba 2021, njengesiteji sesithathu saseMedithera ekuvakasheni kwakhe eCyprus naseGreece, kodwa ukusondela kokhetho lukazwelonke eMalta kwenza kube kuhle ukuhlehliswa futhi.
Okwesithathu lucky. Ukusuka eMalta, kule mpelasonto uPapa uzokhuluma ngempi yaseYurophu, inkinga yokufuduka, ubunzima bezezimali kanye nokwakhiwa kabusha ngemuva kwalolu bhubhane.
Njengoba kungokokuqala nokubalulekile mayelana nokusindisa izimpilo, uFrancis uhlela ukucela iYurophu ukuhlela okunobuntu nokuphanayo ukwamukela ababaleki ababalekela izimpi e-Afrika naseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Uzokwenza njengesibonelo ukugqugquzelwa okuhle okwenziwe kulo lonke izwekazi ukusiza abantu abayizigidi ezi-4 ababalekele ukuqhuma kwamabhomu e-Ukraine futhi uzocela amazwe e-EU ukuthi axhumanise amabutho ukuze ahlanganise laba bantu.
EBrussels naseMoscow banake izinkulumo zezombusazwe zohambo lukaPapa. UFrancis kulindeleke ukuthi akhulume ngeqhaza le-NATO, isikhundla saseRussia, noma ukulamula okungenzeka kwe-Holy See mayelana nokulandwa kokuphela kwempi. Uzokwenza kanjalo ngamathoni ahlukene kokubili emhlanganweni nekilasi lezombusazwe kanye nezikhulu zezombangazwe zaseMalta ngoMgqibelo ekuseni, naphakathi nesithangami sabezindaba endizeni ebuyayo, ngeSonto ntambama.
Phakathi nalolu hambo, cishe amahora angu-36, uPapa uzothola ithuba lokubhekana nezinye izinkinga ezivuthayo zokuhlukunyezwa njengalezo ezibhekene neBandla lamaKhatholika, ukungcoliswa kweMedithera ngisho nenkululeko yokunyathelisa, eyabangelwa ukubulawa kwabantu ngo-2017. wentatheli uDaphne Caruana Galizia.
Ukuvakasha kuzokwazi futhi ukuhlola impilo kapapa. Ezinyangeni ezedlule ukhombise ubunzima obukhulu ekuhambeni. Lapho eneminyaka engu-85 ubudala, unezinkinga zenyonga namadolo, abahleli balolu hambo abazozinqoba ukuze bagweme ukupaka izimoto ezingenasidingo futhi basuse izinyathelo ngamakheshi namarempu.
UFrancisco uzobuyisa i-popemobile ngalo Mgqibelo, angakaze ayisebenzise kusukela ohambweni lwakhe lwase-Iraq ngoMashi 2020, nabamele izinhlangano zomphakathi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, iveni yathatha isikebhe yaya esiqhingini saseGozo, ivakashela indawo engcwele ebaluleke kakhulu ezweni, 'Ta' Pinu'. NgeSonto ekuseni uzokwehlela eGrotto of Saint Paul eRabat, lapho isiko lomphostoli lihlala khona izinyanga ezintathu azichitha esiqhingini. Ngemuva kwalokho uzoba nenqwaba edolobheni laseFloriana.
Upapa uzosuka eMalta ngokuvakashela isikhungo sabafuduki endaweni yangaphambili ye-Ħal Far Airbase. Kuzoba nomhlangano namavolontiya kanye nababaleki ababalelwa ku-200, iningi labo elisinde ezinkambini zababaleki eLibya, lapho kube nesihe kwabashushumbisi, ngemuva kokushiya iSomalia, i-Eritrea neSudan.
Ngonyaka odlule, abafuduki abangaba ngu-800 baye bafika kuleli zwe, ngaphansi kakhulu kwabangu-3.406 abafika kulo ngo-2020, njengendawo yokuthutha ukuze bafinyelele kuleli zwekazi.
Lapho uBenedict XVI evakashele lesi siqhingi ngo-2010, wabuza i-Malta ukuthi "ngokusekelwe emandleni ezimpande zayo zobuKristu kanye nomlando wayo omude futhi oziqhenyayo wokwamukela abantu bezinye izizwe, uhlose, ngokusekelwa kwamanye amazwe kanye nezinhlangano zomhlaba wonke, ukusiza labo abafika lapha futhi baqinisekise ukuhlonishwa kwamalungelo abo”.
Kulokhu uPapa uzohlangana mathupha nabalingiswa bakhe 'e-Juan XXIII Peace Lab' Migrant Centre. Le ndawo iwuhlelo lukaFrancisca Dionysius Mintoff, okuthi nakuba eneminyaka engu-90 ubudala, ehlangene neqembu lamavolontiya, anikeze ukuqeqeshwa kochwepheshe kubantu abasha abanethemba lokusabela esicelweni sabo sokukhoseliswa.
Lapho upapa uzohlala phambi kwe-mosaic yamabhodlela epulasitiki aluhlaza namathayili, amelela ukungcoliswa kolwandle, ahlotshiswe ngamajakhethi okuphila awolintshi ukuze akhumbule labo ababhubha ngokuminza. Umdwebi wezakhiwo owayiklama, uCarlo Schembri, naye walungiselela ngo-2010 ezinye izimo zokuvakasha kuka-Benedict XVI, futhi useshicilele ezinkundleni zokuxhumana imidwebo yalokho uFrancis azokubona.
Ohlelweni lomhlangano, uPhapha ubeke umhlangano wasekuseni wamaJesuit akulesi siqhingi, ngeSonto ngo-7:45 ekuseni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abezindaba bendawo sebethuthukile ukuthi bangahlangana ngasese nezisulu zokuhlukunyezwa, njengoba kwenza uBenedict XVI lapho.
Kusukela uBenedict XVI avakashela eMalta ngo-2010, wazi amazwe amaningi aleli zwe futhi u-85% wabantu bazibiza ngokuthi bangamaKatolika. Ngo-2011, ama-52% acela kunhlolovo ukuthi ethule isehlukaniso; ngo-2017 iPhalamende lagunyaza ukushada kwabantu bobulili obufanayo; Kusukela ngo-2018, ukuqandisa kwemibungu "engaphezulu" ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa kwe-in vitro kuvunyelwe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukukhipha isisu kanye ne-euthanasia akuvunyelwe.
Uhambo lwama-36 lukapapa wamanje, futhi izwe lama-56 alivakashele. Bathi i-etymologically Malta isho "ichweba elamukelayo". Bakufakazela ngoSaint Paul eminyakeni engaphezudlwana kwe-1,960 edlule, futhi manje bazokufakazela ngoPapa uFrancis.
