SIZABONWA ngamakholwa langumphakathi isidumbu sikaPhapha uFrancis kusukela kusasa ngoLwesithathu, aze ayebekwa endlini yakhe yokucina eSt Peter’s Basilica Square, eRome, ngoMgqibelo.
Kulindelwe izinkumbi zabantu abazobe beqhamuka kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba, bezobeka lindoda endala kaNkulunkulu endlini yayo yokucina.
Selokhu izindaba zokwedlula kukaPhapha zimenyezelwe izolo ngoMsombuluko ekuseni, abantu balokhu betheleke njalo eVatican, ekomkhulu lamaKhatholika, bezobhonga emswaneni.
UPhapha utshone eseleminyaka engu-88 ngemuva kokugula isikhathi eside exinwe yisifo samaphaphu.
Ubonakalae okokugcina emphakathini ngeSonto, enkonzweni yePhasika khona, eSt Peter’s Basillica Square, evalelisa izinkumbi zabantu ababalelwa ku-35 000.
Umngcwabo kaPhapha uFrancis uzokwenganyelwa nguCardinal Giovanni Battista, onguMkhatholika omdala nohlonishwayo.
Amazwi enduduzo kawaqhamuki kubaholi bezeNkolo kuphela, kodwa nezinhloko zemibuso zisalokhu zikhale njalo. UMongameli waseNingizumu Afrika, uMnu Cyril Ramaphosa, ungomunye wabaholi asebedlulise amazwi enduduzo ngokwedlula emhlabeni kukaPhapha. — Ilanga




