UFrancis uveze ukuba usebenza nenkokeli yomsitho yaseVatican ukuxolela amasiko amade omngcwabo kapopu.
UPopu uFrancis, obaleka ubukhazikhazi kunye nelungelo leVatican, ugqibe ekubeni aphumle ngokubalulekileyo amasiko omngcwabo kapopu. Phantsi kwamanyathelo oshishino, uFrancis uya kuba ngupopu wokuqala kwisithuba esingaphezulu kwenkulungwane ukungcwatywa ngaphandle kweVatican, iReuters yabika.
UFrancis, oneminyaka engama-87 ngeCawa, watyhila izicwangciso zakhe zomngcwabo kudliwanondlebe nesikhululo sikamabonwakude saseMexico i-En Plus kumthendeleko weNenekazi lethu laseGuadalupe.
Kudliwano-ndlebe, olwabhalwa ngaphambi kokuba upopu abhiyozele idini leMithendeleko kwiBasilica yaseSt. Phambi kodliwano ndlebe nale ntatheli, uPopu uyahleka xa exoxa ngemiba eyahlukeneyo, equka impilo yakhe, ukufuduka, kunye nobudlelwane bakhe nobemanduleli wakhe uBenedict X. Ukwathethe nangezicwangciso zakhe zokundwendwela phesheya. Intloko yecawe yamaRoma ithi inethemba lokuthatha uhambo kathathu unyaka wonke – ukuya ePolynesia, eBelgium notyelelo lwakhe lokuqala kwilizwe lakhe laseArgentina ukusukela oko wonyulwa njengopopu ngo2013.
UFrancis uveze ukuba usebenza nenkokeli yeVatican ukuxolela amasiko amade omngcwabo kapopu awayesetyenziselwa abanduleli bakhe.
Ukwathe ngenxa yokuzinikela kwakhe kuMariya, uMama kaThixo, wagqiba kwelokuba angcwatyelwe kwiBasilica yaseSanta Maria Maggiore yaseRoma, apho ngokwesiko wayesiya kuthandaza ngaphambi nasemva kohambo lwakhe ngalunye lwaphesheya kweelwandle.
Kangangeminyaka engaphezu kwe-100, amathambo oopopu aye agcinwa kwingcwaba leCawa yaseSt. Peter’s Basilica eVatican, iReuters ithi.
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