IT ndinali ndi mtima wovuta kwambiri kuti ndinakwera ndege kupita ku United States dzulo, ndikupita kukapereka msonkhano sabata ino ku North Dakota. Nthawi yomweyo ndege yathu idanyamuka, ndege ya Papa Benedict inali ikufika ku United Kingdom. Wakhala wokonda kwambiri mtima wanga masiku ano-komanso mitu yambiri.
Pamene ndimachoka pa eyapoti, ndinakakamizika kugula magazini ya nkhani, zomwe sindimachita kawirikawiri. Ndinagwidwa mutu wakuti "Kodi American Akupita Padziko Lonse Lapansi?" Ili ndi lipoti lonena za momwe mizinda yaku America, kuposa ina, yayamba kuwola, zomangira zake zikugwa, ndalama zawo zatsala pang'ono kutha. America 'yasweka', watero wandale wapamwamba ku Washington. M'chigawo china ku Ohio, apolisi ndi ochepa kwambiri chifukwa chodulidwa, kotero woweruza boma adalimbikitsa nzika kuti zizimenyera okha zigawenga. M'mayiko ena, magetsi akumisewu akutsekedwa, misewu yolowa yasinthidwa kukhala miyala, ndipo ntchito kukhala fumbi.
Zinali zofunikira kuti ndilembe zakugwa uku zaka zingapo zapitazo chuma chisanayambe kugwa (onani Chaka Chowonekera). Ndizowona kwambiri kuwona izi zikuchitika tsopano pamaso pathu.
MAPETSO KUTSOGOLO KWAWO
Ndidamaliza nkhaniyi ndikulemba nkhani ina, "Ngati Papa Akulipitsidwa?”Ikufotokozanso zamanyazi zoopsa zomwe zimachitika ku Tchalitchi zomwe zikupitilizabe kuonekera: kuti ansembe ena achikatolika akhala akuchita zachiwerewere ndi ana.
Milandu yambiri idatuluka pomwe Msonkhano wa Ma Bishopu Achikatolika ku US udalamula kafukufuku wofufuza, womwe udamaliza mu 2004 kuti, kuyambira 1950, anthu 10,667 adanenera milandu yotsutsana ndi ansembe 4,392, 4.3 peresenti ya gulu lonse la atsogoleri nthawi imeneyo. --Brian Bethune, Maclean's, September 20th, 2010
Polankhula molimba mtima kwa atolankhani paulendo wake wopita ku UK, Papa Benedict adayankha kuti 'adadzidzimuka ndikumva chisoni', mwa zina, chifukwa ansembe amalumbira kuti adzakhala liwu la Khristu pa kudzozedwa.
“Ndizovuta kumvetsetsa momwe munthu amene wanena izi atha kugwera muchinyengo ichi. Ndizachisoni chachikulu… Ndizomvetsanso chisoni kuti ulamuliro wa tchalitchi sunakhale tcheru mokwanira, komanso osafulumira mokwanira kapena kuchita zinthu moyenera ... —PAPA BENEDICT XVI, Papa avomereza kulephera kwa tchalitchi pakuzunza amuna, Seputembara 16, 2010; www.machine.ca
Koma nkhani yamagazini yomwe ndimayiwerenga idapitilira kwa onse koma yadzudzula Papa Benedict kuti anali wothandizira ana opatsirana pogonana pomati sanachite mbali yake kuti aletse. Palibe chomwe chidanenapo za umboni wotsutsana, inde. Sititchula kuti pamene anali kadinala, adachita zambiri ku Vatican kuthana ndi zoipazi kuposa wina aliyense. M'malo mwake, oweruza ufulu wachibadwidwe, nkhaniyi idatinso ...
… Ndikuganiza kuti mphepo ili misana yawo, mphepo yamphamvu yokwanira kugwedeza mawindo agalasi paliponse, ndikuti tsiku lina posachedwa ngakhale papa sadzakhala pamwamba pa lamulo. --Brian Bethune, Maclean's, September 20th, 2010
Inde, amafuna papa kuti amangidwa ndipo adabweretsedwa ku Khothi Lapadziko Lonse akhala akuponyedwa m'mabuku aku Britain. Iye wakhala ali wosewera wopanda pakes, zojambula zonyoza, komanso osadziletsa mnyozo. Popanda kuwoneka ngati kutha kwa mavumbulutso onyozawo, zikuwoneka kuti nthawi yakwana yakumenya mwamphamvu maziko a Mpingo.
Chodabwitsa ndichakuti, pomwe ndimkawerenga nkhaniyi, papa adayamika United Kingdom pazoyesayesa zake, "kukhala gulu lamakono komanso lazikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana," ndikuti,
Pakampani yovutayi, chithandizireni kuti nthawi zonse zizilemekeza miyambo yazikhalidwe ndi zikhalidwe zomwe zimapambananso mitundu yaukali yachipembedzo salinso ndi phindu kapena kulekerera. —PAPA BENEDICT XVI, Adilesi kwa oyang'anira maboma,
Nyumba yachifumu ya Holyroodhouse; Scotland, Seputembara 16, 2010; Katolika News Agency
Mawu amenewo anali a chenjezo Izi zitha kumveka bwino malinga ndi zomwe adanena nthawi yayitali pomwe amalankhula:
… Tingathe kukumbukira momwe Britain ndi atsogoleri ake adalimbanirana ndi nkhanza za chipani cha Nazi zomwe zimafuna kufafaniza Mulungu pakati pa anthu ndikukana umunthu wathu kwa ambiri, makamaka Ayuda, omwe amalingaliridwa kuti ndi osayenera kukhala moyo… Pamene tilingalira za maphunziro ozama a omwe sakhulupirira kuti kuli Mulungu kuopsa kwazaka za zana la makumi awiri, tisaiwale momwe kuchotsedwa kwa Mulungu, chipembedzo ndi ukoma m'moyo wapagulu kumabweretsa kumapeto kwa masomphenya operewera aanthu komanso anthu ena motero "kuwonetseratu za munthuyo ndi tsogolo lake. (Caritas ku Vomerezani, 29). —Ibid.
Mwachidziwikire, Atate Woyera amawona kukwera, kachiwirinso, kuyesera kwatsopano 'kopititsa patsogolo tchalitchi, komanso kutontholetsa Mulungu, ngati zingatheke.
KUKHULA KWA CHIZUNZO CHATSOPANO
Ndidaika magaziniyo pansi, ndikuwona malo aku America aku Montana akudutsa pawindo langa. Apanso, "mawu" achilendo adadutsa m'malingaliro mwanga kuti ndidamvanso Ambuye akuyankhula nane kale. Amereka, mwanjira ina, ndi "kuyimitsa”Zimenezi zathandiza kuti Tchalitchi cha Katolika chizizunzidwa padziko lonse lapansi. Ndikunena zachilendo, chifukwa sizowonekera nthawi yomweyo…
Amereka, chifukwa cha malo ake padziko lapansi ngati wamphamvu kwambiri, wakhala akusamalira demokalase. 
Ndikunena izi, ngakhale ena kutsutsana kowawa pazomwe zachitika ku Iraq, Komabe, ufulu (makamaka ufulu wachipembedzo) makamaka watetezedwa ku North America ndi malo ena motsutsana ndi Chikomyunizimu ndi nkhanza zina makamaka chifukwa cha ulamuliro wankhondo waku America komanso mphamvu zachuma.
Koma tsopano, atero woyambitsa wa Uthenga wa Huffington,
Pamene tikuwona anthu apakati akugwa, kwa ine ichi ndichizindikiro chachikulu kuti tikusandukira dziko Lachitatu. -
Arianna Huffington, Mafunso a Maclean, September 16th, 2010
Onjezerani mawu ake a andale owona mtima, azachuma, ndi mabungwe apadziko lonse lapansi, monga International Monetary Fund, omwe akuchenjeza kwambiri kuti maziko aku America ayamba kugwa pansi ngongole yayikulu. Ndinalemba zisanachitike Kukwera ikubwera. Koma zidzangobwera pokhapokha chikhalidwe cha anthu chitasokonekera mokwanira, kenako mwayi wa ndale zatsopano ndizotheka. Kukhazikika kumeneku kukubwera mwachangu komanso mwachangu, zikuwoneka, monga ulova ndi umphawi ku US zikukwera komanso kuthekera kwa chisokonezo pakati pa anthu, monga tikuwonera kufalikira m'maiko ena achitatu achitetezo, amakhala ocheperako.
Osati kuyerekezera, apapa angapo akhala akuchenjeza kwazaka zambiri kuti kusinthaku kwakhala cholinga kuyambira kalekale magulu achinsinsi kugwira ntchito mofanana ndi maboma (onani Tidachenjezedwa). Ndi kugwa kwa United States, khomo lidzakhala lotseguka kuti boma lamphamvu kwambiri — kapena boma lapadziko lonse lapansi — lizinena za kayendetsedwe kabwino ka boma komwe sikuika ufulu ndi ulemu wamunthu pakatikati, koma m'malo mwake phindu, magwiridwe antchito, chilengedwe, chilengedwe, ndi ukadaulo monga cholinga chake chachikulu.
… Popanda chitsogozo cha zachifundo mchowonadi, mphamvu yapadziko lonse lapansi iyi ikhoza kuwononga zomwe sizinachitikepo ndikupanga magawano atsopano mu banja la anthu… Ngati pali kusalemekeza ufulu wamoyo kapena imfa yachilengedwe, ngati lingaliro la munthu, kutenga pakati ndi kubadwa kwapangidwa kukhala kwongopeka, ngati mazira aumunthu aperekedwa nsembe, chikumbumtima cha anthu chimatha kutaya lingaliro la zachilengedwe za anthu ndi , komanso, zachilengedwe. Ndizosemphana ndi kunena kuti mibadwo yamtsogolo imalemekeza chilengedwe pomwe machitidwe ndi malamulo athu sawathandiza kudzilemekeza. —POPA BENEDICT XVI, Buku Lopatulika Chikondi M'choonadi, Ch. 2, v. 33x; N. 51
Koma ndani akumvera apapa? Kukhulupilika, komanso mphamvu zakutchalitchi, zikuchotsedwa ndi a tsunami yamakhalidwe abwino Izi zikusefukira padziko lonse lapansi komanso magawo a Mpingo mofanana, monga zikuwonetseredwa tsopano zoipa izi ndi ambiri kugwa pa chikhulupiriro. Nthawi yomweyo, America-stopgap yomwe ikubweza a tsunami wandale—Ikutayikiranso maziko ake padzikoli. Ndipo zikachoka, pakhoza kuwoneka kuti pali choletsa chimodzi chokha chomwe chingasunge tsunami wauzimu wachinyengo kuyambira posesa dziko lapansi:
Abrahamu, atate wachikhulupiriro, ndichikhulupiriro chake thanthwe lomwe limaletsa chisokonezo, kusefukira kwamadzi koyamba, ndikuchirikiza chilengedwe. Simoni, woyamba kuvomereza kuti Yesu ndiye Khristu… tsopano akukhala chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro chake cha Abrahamu, chomwe chimapangidwanso mwa Khristu, thanthwe lomwe limayimilira motsutsana ndi mafunde osakhulupirira a chiwonongeko cha munthu. -Papa BENEDICT XVI (Kadinala Ratzinger), Kuyitanidwa ku Mgonero, Kumvetsetsa Mpingo Masiku Ano, Adrian Walker, Tr., Tsa. 55-56
Zowonadi, tsopano tikuwona kutuluka kwa mitambo ya mkuntho wangwiro, mwayi wabwino wa dongosolo latsopano lapadziko lonse lapansi loti libuke zomwe zimagwedeza maunyolo a "demokalase yaboma" ndi "chipembedzo chokhazikitsidwa."
AMERICA WOKONGOLETSA, PETRO DZIKO
Ndege yanga itafika pamtunda pa dothi laku America, ndimasinkhasinkha zomwe a Venezuela amakhulupirira komanso Mtumiki wa Mulungu, a Maria Esperanza adanena za dziko lalikulu ili:
Ndikumva kuti United States iyenera kupulumutsa dziko lapansi… -The Bridge to kumwamba: Mafunso ndi Maria Esperanza aku Betania, ndi Michael H. Brown, p. 43
Pamene nyenyeziyo idapendekera chikwangwani mwakachetechete mu mphepo kunja kwa chipinda changa cha hotelo ndipo chikondi chachikulu kwa anthu awa chayamba kukhazikika mumtima mwanga, ndikudabwitsanso mawu achinsinsi omwe adayankhulidwa kumapeto kwa banja loyamba la Benedict XVI pomwe adakhala Papa…
Ndipempherereni, kuti ndithawe kuopa mimbulu. —PAPA BENEDICT XVI, pa Epulo 24, 2005, St Peter's Square, koyamba homily ngati papa
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