IN Pambuyo pa upapa wotuluka, wachikondi, komanso wosintha zinthu wa St. John Paul II, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger adakhala pansi pa mthunzi wautali atatenga mpando wachifumu wa Peter. Koma zomwe zikanadzawonetsa upapa wa Benedict XVI posachedwa sizingakhale zachikoka kapena nthabwala zake, umunthu wake kapena nyonga - ndithudi, anali chete, wodekha, pafupifupi wovuta pamaso pa anthu. M'malo mwake, ingakhale chiphunzitso chake chaumulungu chosagwedezeka ndi chokhazikika panthaŵi yomwe Barque of Peter anali kuzunzidwa kuchokera mkati ndi kunja. Kungakhale kuzindikira kwake kodziwikiratu ndi ulosi wa nthawi zathu zomwe zimawoneka ngati zikuchotsa chifunga patsogolo pa uta wa Chombo Chachikulu ichi; ndipo chingakhale chiphunzitso chotsimikizirika mobwerezabwereza, pambuyo pa zaka 2000 za madzi amphepo nthawi zambiri, kuti mawu a Yesu ndi lonjezo losagwedezeka:
Ine ndinena kwa iwe, Iwe ndiwe Petro, ndipo pa thanthwe ili ndidzamangapo mpingo wanga, ndipo mphamvu za imfa sizidzaulaka uwo. ( Mateyu 16:18 )
Upapa wa Benedict sunagwedeze dziko lapansi mwina monga m'malo mwake. M'malo mwake, upapa wake udzakumbukiridwa chifukwa cha dziko lapansi sanazigwedeze.
M'malo mwake, kukhulupirika ndi kudalirika kwa Kadinala Ratzinger zinali zodziwika bwino panthawi yomwe adakhala papa mu 2005. Ndikukumbukira kuti mkazi wanga adalowa m'chipinda chomwe ndidali kugona, ndikundidzutsa ndi nkhani zosayembekezereka m'mawa wa Epulo m'mawa: “Kadinala Ratzinger wangosankhidwa kukhala Papa!” Ndinatembenuza nkhope yanga kukhala ngati pilo ndikulira ndi chisangalalo - an zosamvetsetseka chisangalalo chomwe chidatenga masiku atatu. Kumva kwakukulu ndikuti Tchalitchi chimapatsidwa mwayi wowonjezera chisomo ndi chitetezo. Zowonadi, tidathandizidwa kwa zaka zisanu ndi zitatu zakuya kokongola, kufalitsa uthenga komanso ulosi kuchokera kwa Benedict XVI.
Mu 2006, ndinaitanidwa kuti ndikayimbe Nyimbo ya Karol ku Vatican pokondwerera moyo wa Yohane Paulo Wachiwiri. Benedict XVI amayenera kukhalapo, koma zomwe ananena zokhudza Chisilamu zidasokoneza anthu padziko lonse lapansi zomwe zingaike moyo wake pachiswe. Iye sanabwere. 
Koma chibwezi chimenecho chinachititsa kukumana mosayembekezeka ndi Benedict XVI tsiku lotsatira kumene ndinakhoza kuika nyimbo yanga m’manja mwake. Yankho lake linasonyeza kuti ayenera kuti anaonera chikondwerero chamadzulowo pawailesi yakanema wapawayilesi. Kukhala wodabwitsa komanso wodabwitsa kukhala pamaso pa wolowa m'malo wa St. Peter… komabe, kusinthana kosayembekezereka kunali kwamunthu (werengani Tsiku la Chisomo).
Kanthawi kochepa, ndidamuwona akulowa muholoyi kumayimba amwendamnjira ndipo, mosavutikira kulandilidwa kwa rock star, adangoyendayenda munjira modzichepetsa komanso mwabata osayiwalika - komanso zovuta zodziwika bwino zomwe zimalankhula za munthu womasuka pakati. mabuku a filosofi kuposa okonda kubwebweta. Koma chikondi chake ndi kudzipereka kwake kwa zonsezi zatero konse akhala akufunsidwa.
Komabe, pa February 10, 2013, ndinakhala chete ndili chete pamene ndinamvetsera Papa Benedict akulengeza kuti wasiya upapa. Kwa milungu iwiri yotsatira, Ambuye analankhula “mawu a tsopano” amphamvu modabwitsa ndi olimbikira mu mtima mwanga (masabata ndisanamve dzina la Kadinala Jorge Bergoglio kwa nthawi yoyamba):
Tsopano mukuyamba kukhala munthawi zoopsa komanso zosokoneza.
Mawu amenewo akwaniritsidwa pamlingo wambiri, kotero kuti ndalemba zofanana ndi mabuku angapo pano kuti ndizitha kuyang'ana m'madzi achinyengo omwe akuchulukirachulukira a Mkuntho Waukulu womwe watulutsidwa padziko lonse lapansi. Koma apanso, mawu ndi ziphunzitso za Benedict zakhala ngati nyali mu Mkuntho, nyali yotsimikizirika ya uneneri ndi nangula ku Mau a Tsopano ndi Atumwi ena ambiri Achikatolika padziko lonse lapansi (mwachitsanzo. Kusowa Uthenga… wa Mneneri wa Apapa ndi Pa Hava).
Chofunika choyamba cha Woloŵa m’malo wa Petro chinaikidwa ndi Ambuye m’Chipinda Chapamwamba m’mawu omveka bwino: “Inu…Lk 22:32). Petro mwiniyo anaikanso chinthu choyamba chimenechi m’Kalata yake yoyamba yakuti: “Khalani okonzeka nthaŵi zonse kuyankha mlandu pa yense wakukuyankhani chifukwa cha chiyembekezo chimene muli nacho.”1 Pet 3:15). M’masiku athu ano, pamene chikhulupiriro chili m’madera ambiri a dziko lapansi
ngozi yakufa ngati lawi lamoto lomwe silikhalanso ndi nkhuni, chofunika kwambiri ndikupangitsa kuti Mulungu akhalepo pa dziko lapansi ndi kusonyeza amuna ndi akazi njira yopita kwa Mulungu. Osati mulungu wina aliyense, koma Mulungu amene analankhula pa Sinai; kwa Mulungu amene nkhope yake timaizindikira mu chikondi chomwe chimakakamira “mpaka chimaliziro” (cf. Jn 13:1)—Mwa Yesu Kristu, wopachikidwa ndi kuukitsidwa. Vuto lenileni pa nthawi ino ya mbiri yathu ndi lakuti Mulungu akuzimiririka m’chizimezime cha anthu, ndipo, chifukwa cha kuchepera kwa kuunika kochokera kwa Mulungu, anthu akutaya mayendedwe ake, ndi zotulukapo zoonekeratu zowononga. Kutsogolera amuna ndi akazi kwa Mulungu , kwa Mulungu amene amalankhula m’Baibulo: ichi ndi chinthu chofunika kwambiri komanso chofunika kwambiri kwa Mpingo ndi Wolowa m’malo wa Petulo masiku ano. -Kalata Ya Chiyero Chake Papa Benedict XVI kwa Aepiskopi Onse Padziko Lapansi, Marichi 10, 2009; v Vatican.va
Komabe, ngakhale mphindi za chiyamikiro chachikulu, ndi chisoni, pa papa wokhulupirika woteroyo—kapena tsogolo losatsimikizirika—zisadzafooketse chikhulupiriro chathu mwa Yesu. Ndi Iye amene amanga Mpingo, “Mpingo Wanga,” Iye anatero.
Tikawona izi muzochitika za mbiriyakale, sitikukondwerera amuna koma tikutamanda Ambuye, amene samasiya Mpingo ndipo amafuna kuwonetsa kuti ndiye thanthwe kudzera mwa Petro, mwala wopunthwitsa: "thupi ndi mwazi" osapulumutsa, koma Ambuye amapulumutsa kudzera mwa iwo omwe ali mnofu ndi magazi. Kukana chowonadi ichi sikuphatikiza chikhulupiriro, osati kuphatikiza kwa kudzichepetsa, koma ndikuchepa kudzichepetsa komwe kumazindikira Mulungu momwe alili. Chifukwa chake lonjezo la Petrine ndi mawonekedwe ake akale ku Roma amakhalabe pamlingo wokulirapo wosangalatsanso; mphamvu zaku gehena sadzaugonjetsa... -Kardinali Ratzinger (PAPA BENEDICT XVI), Kuyitanidwa ku Mgonero, Kumvetsetsa Mpingo Masiku Ano, Ignatius Press, tsa. 73-74
Izi zidanenedwa m'malo mwa Benedict:
Maulamuliro ambiri ayesera, ndipo akupitirizabe, kuwononga mpingo, kunja ndi mkati, koma iwo eni akuonongedwa ndipo mpingo umakhalabe wamoyo ndi wobala zipatso… maufumu, anthu, zikhalidwe, mayiko, malingaliro, mphamvu zapita, koma Mpingo, womwe udakhazikitsidwa pa Khristu, ngakhale panali mikuntho yambiri ndi machimo athu ambiri, umakhalabe wokhulupirika mpaka nthawi yayitali pachikhulupiriro chomwe chikuwonetsedwa muutumiki; chifukwa Mpingo suli wa apapa, mabishopu, ansembe, kapena anthu wamba okhulupirika; Mpingo mu mphindi iliyonse ndi wa Khristu yekha. —POPA FRANCIS, Homily, June 29th, 2015 www.americamagazine.org
Ndili wotsimikiza kuti uwu ndi uthenga wokhalitsa womwe Benedict angafune kuti tigwiritsire ntchito, mosasamala kanthu za momwe masiku athu angakhalire mafunde. 
Apapa ndi makolo, ana athu ndi akazi athu, abwenzi athu ndi odziwika adzabwera ndi kupita… koma Yesu ali ndi ine tsopano pambali panga, ndipo limenelo ndi lonjezo lotsimikizirika monga chirichonse chimene analankhula kwa Petro.
taonani, Ine ndiri pamodzi ndi inu masiku onse, kufikira malekezero a dziko lapansi. ( Mateyu 28:20 )
Pamene mayi anga anamwalira zaka zingapo zapitazo, ndinali ndi zaka 35 zokha, ndipo iwo anali ndi zaka 62. Kudzimva kwadzidzidzi kwa kusiyidwa kunali koonekeratu, kosokoneza maganizo. Mwina ena a inu angamve chonchi lerolino - osiyidwa pang'ono mu Mpingo wa Amayi ndi kuzimitsa kwa moto umodzi wowala kwambiri m'zaka za zana lino. Koma panonso, Yesu akuyankha kuti:
Kodi mayi angaiwale mwana wake wakhanda? Ngakhale angaiwale, sindidzaiwala inu. Tawona, ndakulemba iwe pa zikhato za manja anga… (Yesaya 49:15-16).
Kupatula apo, Benedict XVI sanapite. Iye ali pafupi kwa ife tsopano kuposa kale mu Thupi Limodzi, lachinsinsi la Khristu.
Sitingabise mfundo imeneyi
mitambo yambiri yoopsa ikusonkhana m’chizimezime.
Komabe, tisataye mtima,
m'malo mwake, tiyenera kusunga lawi la chiyembekezo
amoyo m'mitima yathu…
—POPA BENEDICT XVI, Catholic News Agency,
January 15th, 2009
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