ESontweni LaseSweden, eliyingxenye yesidlo samaLuthela, ayikho indaba yokuthi kube nabapristi besifazane nabesifazane abaningi kunamadoda endimeni.
Kuyindaba ehlukile eSontweni LamaRoma Katolika nokho futhi lolu daba alukadingidwa ngokugcwele.
Umbhishobhi omkhulu waseHamburg, uStefan Hesse, usenxuse ukuthi kube nenkulumompikiswano evulelekile mayelana nokugcotshwa kwabesifazane eSontweni lamaKhatholika, eMelika, kubika i-Jesuit Review.
"Umuntu kufanele avunyelwe ukuthi acabange futhi axoxe ngezinkinga," kusho umbhishobhi omkhulu waseJalimane ngo-Agasti 19.
Waphikisa ngokuthi idokhumenti ethi “Ordinatio sacerdotalis,” uSt. John Paul IIIncwadi ka-1994 eyayithi isonto alikwazi ukugcoba abesifazane njengabapristi, yabekwa njengempendulo kulabo ababebheka ukugcotshwa kwabesifazane “okuvulekele izinkulumo-mpikiswano.”
Kuyo waqinisekisa ubupristi besilisa kuphela “ukuze kususwe konke ukungabaza ngendaba ebaluleke kakhulu.”
U-Archbishop Hesse uthe sekuqubuke izingxabano ezintsha engxoxweni emayelana nokugcotshwa kwabesifazane okumele kukhulunywe ngayo. “Umbono ongokomlando uyinto eyodwa—kodwa akuyona yonke into,” esho.
Isikhungo sezindaba Khonamanjalo kubika i-AFP ngo-August 28 iSonto LaseSweden lingase libe ngelokuqala emhlabeni ukuba nabapristi besifazane abaningi kunabesilisa, ngokwezilinganiso ezihlanganyelwe uMkhandlu Wamasonto Womhlaba.
Abefundisi besifazane bande kunabesilisa eSweden ngo-50.1% kuya ku-49.9% ngoJulayi, futhi kakade baningi abesifazane ezweni abafundela ubufundisi kunabesilisa.
I-Church of Sweden iyisonto lama-Evangelical Lutheran elinamalungu ayizigidi ezingu-6,1 futhi linobhishobhi omkhulu wesifazane, u-Antje Jackelén owazalelwa eJalimane ezweni elinabantu abangaba yizigidi ezingu-10.3. Kunamasonto ayi-3,500 eSweden, anezifunda eziyi-13.
Izibalo zabapristi besifazane ziza ngemva kweminyaka engu-62 abesifazane bavunyelwa ukuba bagcotshwe eSontweni LamaLuthela LaseSweden futhi eminyakeni engaphezu kwekhulu ngemva kokuba u-Anna Howard Shaw, umfundisi waseMelika waseMethodist, eshumayela okokuqala eSweden, ngo-1911.
'LAPHA OKUZOHLALA'
EBandleni laseSweden abesifazane “bazohlala lapha”, kusho uMfundisi Sandra Signarsdotter.
Ugcotshwe ngo-2014; ngawo lowo nyaka uJackelén waba umbhishobhi oyinhloko waseSweden.
Naphezu kwezinguquko ezibalweni zabantu besonto, uSignarsdotter waphawula ukuthi abesifazane “abakakafinyeleli ukulingana” esontweni laseSweden.
Ngokwesilinganiso bathola ama-euro angu-213 ($334) ngaphansi kwenyanga kunozakwabo besilisa, ngokusho kwephephandaba lesonto elinguchwepheshe i-Kyrkans Tidning.
Futhi, abesifazane babamba imisebenzi embalwa ephezulu kunabesilisa. Amabhishobhi amane kuphela aholwa ngabesifazane abangu-13 sebebonke.
“Indlela iseyinde,” kusho u-Signarsdotter “Ngolunye usuku, uzakwethu wangitshela ukuthi 'Unesinqe esihle'”.
“Ngisho nokuba umpristi, ngiqala ukubonwa njengomzimba,” wazisola, njengoba ayethemba ukuthi ngelinye ilanga ibandla liyoziqeda “izinhlaka zomphakathi zezinzalamizi”.
Iphephandaba i-Guardian lenze ukuqhathanisa okuthile phakathi kwesonto lamaLuthela eSweden nozakwabo waseSheshi eBrithani, iSonto LaseSheshi.
“Ngokombono ongokomlando, lokhu kulinganisa kwenzeka ngokushesha kunalokho esasikucabanga ngaphambili,” kusho uCristina Grenholm, unobhala weSonto LaseSweden, lapho isonto langaphambili loMbuso limemezela ukuthi abapristi balo abangamaphesenti angu-50.1 bangabesifazane.
Umbiko wango-1990 wawulinganisele ukuthi abesifazane babengeke babe ingxenye yengqikithi yabefundisi kuze kube u-2090.
Umbiko wephephandaba lase-UK uphinde wagxila egebeni lamaholo abesilisa nabesifazane uphawula umehluko oshiwo yiKyrkans Tidning.
UGrenholm uthe lokhu kungenxa yokwanda kwabesilisa ezikhundleni eziphezulu.
IBandla laseSweden lavumela abapristi besifazane kusukela ngo-1958 futhi laqala ukugcoba abesifazane abathathu ngo-1960.
Ngo-1982, izishaya-mthetho zaseSweden zachitha “isigaba somthetho sikanembeza” esasivumela amalungu abefundisi ukuba enqabe ukubambisana nozakwabo wesifazane.
Manje, amapherishi amaningi anowesilisa nowesifazane abengamele izinkonzo zangeSonto, kusho uGrenholm.
“Njengoba sikholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wadala abantu, abesilisa nabesifazane, ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu, kubalulekile ukuba singagcini nje ngokukhuluma ngakho, kodwa futhi kuboniswe.”
Ngo-2017, ibandla lanxusa abefundisi ukuba basebenzise ulimi olungakhethi ubulili, lathi uNkulunkulu “ungaphezu kwalokho esikunquma ngobulili”.
I-Church of Sweden iyiqembu elikhulu lamaLuthela Europe. Kodwa ubulungu besonto, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwentsha yaseSweden, buye buyehla kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva.
Isonto lahlukana noMbuso eminyakeni engu-20 edlule.
Umbiko we-Guardian uthi umpristi oyedwa kwabathathu abakhuthele eSontweni LaseSheshi ungowesifazane, nakuba u-51% wamadiyakoni agcotshwa ngonyaka odlule kwakungabesifazane.
Isigungu esiphezulu sesonto, indikimba yalo ebusayo, yavotela ukuvumela abefundisi besifazane ngo-1992.
