“Lapho ungaliqondi izwi likaNkulunkulu, kodwa ufunda izinkanyezi futhi uye kubabikezeli benhlanhla, uqala ukwehla,” waxwayisa esikhathini esidlule.
“UmKristu akakholelwa ezinkolelweni eziyize, ezinjengomlingo, amakhadi (okubhula), izinkanyezi zezinkanyezi nokunye okunjalo,” kusho uPapa Francis, ocashunwe yi-ANSA. Akukhona okokuqala eveza umbono onjalo ngale ndaba.
“Lapho ungaliqondi izwi likaNkulunkulu, kodwa ufunde izinkanyezi futhi uye kubabikezeli benhlanhla ukuze uzizwe ulondeke kakhudlwana, uqala ukwehla, ushone phansi,” waxwayisa esikhathini esithile esidlule.
UPapa uFrancis uthe encwadini yakhe ethi ANGELUS, Saint Peter's Square, ngeSonto, 2 July 2023), enyatheliswa yi-vatican.va: “Kunabanye abacabanga ukuthi umprofethi uwuhlobo oluthile lwemilingo olubikezela ikusasa. Kodwa lokhu kuwumbono oyinkolelo-ze futhi umKristu akakholelwa ezinkolelweni eziyize, ezinjengomlingo, amakhadi okubhula, ama-horoscope nezinye izinto ezifanayo. Kubakaki, amaKristu amaningi, amaningi aya ukuyofunda izintende zezandla… Ngiyacela… Abanye baveza umprofethi njengomlingiswa wasendulo kuphela, owayekhona ngaphambi kukaKristu ukuze abikezele ukuza kwakhe.”
Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, uPhapha uphinde wagxeka ukuthakatha ngesikhathi evakashele eDemocratic Republic of Congo. Uthe kukhona umlutha wemilingo nobuthakathi kweminye imiphakathi yase-Afrika wagcizelela ukuthi lolu hlobo lokulutheka lushiya abantu benokwesaba, ukuziphindiselela nentukuthelo.
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