“Xa ungaliqondi ilizwi likaThixo, kodwa ufunde izazi ngeenkwenkwezi kwaye udibane nabaxeli-thamsanqa, uqalisa ukuhla,” walumkisa ngelo xesha.
“UmKristu akakholelwa kwiinkolelo, ezinjengomlingo, (ukuvumisa) amakhadi, iinkwenkwezi nezinye izinto ezinjalo,” watsho uPopu Francis, owacatshulwa yiANSA. Ayikokokuqala evakalisa uluvo olunjalo ngalo mbandela.
“Xa ungaliqondi ilizwi likaThixo, kodwa ufunde ngeenkwenkwezi uze uqhagamshelane nabaxeli-thamsanqa ukuze uzive unqabisekile ngakumbi, uqala ukwehla, uye emazantsi,” walumkisa ngelo xesha.
UPopu uFrancis uthe kwi-ANGELUS yakhe, iSaint Peter's Square, ngeCawa, ngomhla wesi-2 kuJulayi 2023), epapashwe ngabathican.va: “Kukho abathile abacinga ukuba umprofeti uluhlobo oluthile lwemilingo exela ikamva kwangaphambili. Kodwa le yingcamango eyinkolelo kwaye umKristu akakholelwa kwiinkolelo, ezinjengomlingo, amakhadi e-tarot, i-horoscopes nezinye izinto ezifanayo. Kwizibiyeli, amaninzi, amaKristu amaninzi aya kufunda iintendelezo… Nceda… Abanye bachaza umprofeti njengomlinganiswa wamandulo kuphela, owayekho ngaphambi kukaKristu ukuze axele kwangaphambili ukuza kwakhe.”
Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, uPopu wagxeka ubugqwirha xa wayetyelele eDemocratic Republic of Congo. Uthe kukho ukukhotyokiswa bubugqi nobugqwirha kwezinye iindawo zaseAfrika kwaye wagxininisa ukuba olu hlobo lobukhoboka lubashiya abantu benoloyiko, impindezelo nomsindo.
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