(Isithombe: I-Vatican Media) UPapa uFrancis ubingelela abantu abasha ababuthiwe beSwiss Guard ngoMeyi 6, 2022.
Njengebutho elincane kunawo wonke futhi amabutho amadala kunawo wonke emhlabeni amile umhlaka-6 Meyi uhlale kuwusuku olukhethekile ngoba umbutho wamukela amasosha amasha avela eSwitzerland azosebenzela upapa wamaRoma Katolika.
Usuku luphawula lapho abangu-147 babanduleli babo babulawa khona bevikela uPapa uClement VII phakathi neSaka LaseRoma, ukuvukela umbuso ngo-1527.
UFrancis ubehamba ngesihlalo esinamasondo ngenxa yokulimala edolweni.
UPapa uFrancis wahlangana noMongameli weSwiss Confederation, u-Ignazio Cassis, esikhumbuzweni sokuzinikela kwabase-Swiss Guards kanye nokufungiswa kwabasebenzi abasha abangama-36 ku-Pontifical Corps.
Impi eqhubekayo e-Ukraine kanye nemiphumela yayo eYurophu, ikakhulukazi esimweni sababaleki base-Ukraine kanye nabantu abafudukayo abadinga usizo lobuntu, bekungenye yezihloko zezingxoxo phakathi nezingxoxo, kusho. Izindaba zeVatican.
Abasebenzi abasha bafunga isifungo sokwethembeka futhi baqala ngokusemthethweni inkonzo yabo beqashwe uPapa.
UPapa uFrancis uhlangane nabaseSwiss Guards ukuze bagubhe nabo lokho akubiza ngokuthi “umcimbi omuhle,” Izindaba zeVatican kubikiwe.
Wakhuluma nonogada kanye nemindeni yabo, futhi uFrancis wadlulisa imikhonzo yakhe ekhethekile kubasebenzi abasha abafungiswa emcimbini kamuva.
UFrancis uthe banikela iminyaka embalwa yempilo yabo “emsebenzini othokozisayo nogcwele isibopho enhliziyweni yeBandla lomhlaba wonke.”
“Ngokuzibophezela okunomusa nokwethembeka, phakathi namakhulu eminyaka amanye amadoda awazange agweme ukulingwa okunzima kakhulu, aze achitha igazi lawo ukuze avikele uPapa futhi amsize akwazi ukufeza umsebenzi wakhe ngokuzimela ngokugcwele.”
UKUPHEPHA KUKAPAPA
UPapa wengeze ngokuthi amaSwiss Guards asebenza “ngokuzinikela okukhulu” ukuqinisekisa “ukuphepha kukaPapa nendawo yakhe yokuhlala.”
UPapa uFrancis ukhuthaze abasanda kungena ebuthweni esinqumweni sabo sokuqala “umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu wesonto,” okufanele uphile “njengamaKristu nofakazi bomphakathi.”
Abaqaphi baseSwitzerland basebenza njengomphakathi hhayi ngabodwana, kusho uPapa, ebanxusa ukuthi bamukele impilo yomphakathi ngaso sonke isikhathi sosuku lwabo.
“Ukuphila inkonzo yomphakathi kuyinselele,” esho, “ngoba kuhilela ukuhlanganisa abantu abanobuntu obuhlukene, izimo zengqondo nokuzwelana, abazithola sebehamba umgwaqo omningi ndawonye.”
Nokho, kuphawula uPapa, onogada bakhuthazwa “umbono wokusebenzela iSonto”, okubasiza ukuba babhekane nezikhathi zobunzima lapho bephakama.
I-Swiss Guard yasungulwa ngo-1506 nguPapa Julius II, yachithwa kabili futhi yaphinde yamiswa ngo-1800. Isenomsebenzi wokuvikela upapa kanye nendawo yakhe yokuhlala.
Izidingo zokungenela zifaka ukuba yiSwiss, umKatolika, okungenani amamitha angu-1.74 (amafidi angu-5 amayintshi) ubude, ngaphansi kweminyaka engu-7 ubudala, kanye nowesilisa.
I-Pontifical Swiss Guard inyuke isuka ku-110 yaya kumadoda ayi-135 kusukela ngo-2018.
