IT nginenhliziyo ebucayi engajwayelekile ukuthi ngigibele indiza eya e-United States izolo, ngisendleleni ukuyonikeza i- inkomfa kule mpelasonto eNyakatho Dakota. Ngaso leso sikhathi indiza yethu yasuka, indiza kaPapa Benedict yayihlala e-United Kingdom. Ubelokhu enenhliziyo yami kulezi zinsuku-futhi ekumaphephandaba.
Ngesikhathi ngiphuma esikhumulweni sezindiza, ngaphoqeleka ukuba ngithenge umagazini wezindaba, okuyinto engingavamile ukuyenza. Ngabanjwa yisihloko esithi “Ingabe i-American Going Third World?" Kungumbiko wokuthi amadolobha aseMelika, amanye adlula amanye, aqala kanjani ukonakala, ukwakheka kwengqalasizinda yawo, imali yawo icishe iphele. IMelika 'iphukile', kusho usopolitiki osezingeni eliphezulu eWashington. Kwesinye isifunda e-Ohio, umbutho wamaphoyisa mncane kakhulu ngenxa yemikhawulo, kangangokuba ijaji lesifunda lancoma ukuthi izakhamizi 'zihlome' ngezigebengu. Kwamanye amazwe, amalambu emigwaqo ayavalwa, imigwaqo egandayiwe iphendulwa yaba wubhuqu, nemisebenzi yenziwa uthuli.
Kwakungu surreal kimi ukubhala ngalokhu kudilika okuzayo eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule ngaphambi kokuba umnotho uqale ukuwohloka (bheka Unyaka Wokuvela). Kuyi-surreal eyengeziwe ukuyibona yenzeka manje phambi kwamehlo ethu.
UMOYA OSEEMUVA WABO
Ngiqedile i-athikili ngaphenqa komunye osihloko sithi, "Kufanele yini uPapa abhekane namacala?”Kuqhakambisa futhi amahlazo asabekayo eSontweni aqhubeka nokuvela: ukuthi abanye abapristi bamaKhatholika bebelokhu benukubeza izingane ngokocansi.
Amacala amaningi kwavela ukuthi i-US Catholic Bishops Conference yathuma ucwaningo lobuchwepheshe, olwaphetha ngo-2004 ukuthi, kusukela ngo-1950, abantu abayizi-10,667 4,392 babeke izinsolo ezibhekiswe kubapristi abangu-4.3 XNUMX, amaphesenti angu-XNUMX alo lonke iqembu labefundisi ngaleso sikhathi. —UBrian Bethune, Maclean sika, Septhemba 20th, 2010
Esitatimendeni esinesibindi esentatheli ngesikhathi ebalekela e-UK, uPapa Benedict uphendule wathi 'wethukile futhi wadabuka', ngokwengxenye, ngoba abapristi bathatha izifungo zokuba yizwi likaKristu lapho begcotshwa.
“Kunzima ukuqonda ukuthi indoda esho lokhu ingawela kanjani kulokhu kuphambuka. Kuyadabukisa kakhulu… Kuyadabukisa futhi ukuthi igunya lesonto belingaqaphile ngokwanele, futhi lingasheshi ngokwanele noma lithathe isinqumo sokuthatha izinyathelo ezidingekayo… —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, UPapa uyavuma ukwehluleka kwesonto ehlazweni lokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi, Septhemba 16, 2010; www.inakado.ca
Kepha umagazini engangiwufunda waqhubekela kubo bonke kodwa wasola uPapa Benedict ngokuthi uyisisekeli se-pedophilia ngokuthi akenzanga ingxenye yakhe ukuyinqanda. Akukho okushiwo ngobufakazi obuphikisanayo, kunjalo. Akushiwo ukuthi ngesikhathi esengukhadinali, wenza okuningi eVatican ukubhekana nalawa mahlazo ukwedlula noma ngubani omunye umuntu. Esikhundleni salokho, abameli bamalungelo abantu, lo mbhalo uqhubeke wathi…
… Bacabanga ukuthi umoya usemihlane yabo, umoya onamandla okwenele ukuxegisa amafasitela anengilazi kuyo yonke indawo, nokuthi ngolunye usuku maduze nje akekho noyopapa ozoba ngaphezu komthetho. —UBrian Bethune, Maclean sika, Septhemba 20th, 2010
Ngempela, kudinga upapa ukuba aboshwe futhi balethwe phambi kweNkantolo Yomhlaba wonke bejikijelwe ngapha nangapha kuma-tabloid aseBrithani. Ube nguyena omkhulu wamahlaya anganambithekis, opopayi abalulazayo, futhi engalawulwa inhlekisa. Njengoba kungabonakali ukuphela kwezambulo ezihlazo, kubonakala sengathi isikhathi sesifikile sokuhlaselwa ngonya ezisekelweni zeSonto.
Kuyindida ukuthi ngenkathi ngifunda leso sihloko, upapa wayencoma i-United Kingdom ngemizamo yayo, "ukuba ngumphakathi wesimanje futhi onamasiko amaningi," nokuthi,
Kuleli bhizinisi eliyinselele, kwangathi ingahlala njalo ihlonipha inhlonipho yalezo zimiso zendabuko nezinkulumo zamasiko ezengeziwe izinhlobo ezinolaka zenkolo akusekho ukubaluleka noma nokubekezelela. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Ikheli leziphathimandla zombuso,
Isigodlo seHolyroodhouse; IScotland, Septhemba 16, 2010; I-Catholic News Agency
Lawo mazwi ayeyi- isixwayiso lokho kungaqondakala kuphela kumongo walokho akusho ezikhathini ezedlule ekhelini lakhe:
… Singakhumbula ukuthi iBrithani nabaholi bayo balwa kanjani nobushiqela bamaNazi obabufisa ukuqeda uNkulunkulu emphakathini futhi buphika ubuntu bethu obufanayo kwabaningi, ikakhulukazi amaJuda, ababecatshangwa ukuthi abakulungele ukuphila… ukweqisa kwekhulu lamashumi amabili, masingalokothi sikhohlwe ukuthi ukushiywa ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu, inkolo nobuhle empilweni yomphakathi kuholela kanjani ekugcineni kombono omfushane womuntu nomphakathi futhi ngaleyo ndlela kube “nombono owehlisayo womuntu nesiphetho sakhe (AmaCaritas eVikisa, 29). —Ibhid.
Ngokusobala, uBaba oNgcwele ubona kuphakama, futhi, imizamo emisha 'enobudlova' yokungagcini ngokuthulisa iSonto, kodwa nokuthula uNkulunkulu, uma lokho kungenzeka.
UKUVUKA KOKUSHUSHWA OKUSHA
Ngabeka umagazini phansi, ngabuka indawo emangelengele yaseMelika yaseMontana idlula ngefasitela lami. Nakulokhu futhi, kwafika “izwi” elingajwayelekile emqondweni wami lokuthi ngiyizwile iNkosi ikhuluma nami ngaphambilini. Leyo Melika, ngandlela thile, iyii-stopgap”Lokho kuye kwavimbela ukushushiswa ngokuphelele kweSonto LamaKatolika embulungeni yonke. Ngisho okuxakile, ngoba akuyona into esheshe ibonakale…
IMelika, ngenxa yendawo yayo emhlabeni njengamandla amakhulu, ibingumqaphi wentando yeningi. 
Ngisho lokhu, yize kukhona ukuphikisana okubuhlungu ngokwenzekile e-Iraq, njll. Noma kunjalo, Inkululeko (ikakhulukazi inkululeko yezenkolo) ingxenye enkulu yayo ivikelwe eNyakatho Melika nakwezinye izindawo ukuze kuliwe nobuKhomanisi kanye nezinye izingcindezelo ngenxa yokubusa kwamasosha aseMelika namandla ezomnotho.
Kepha manje, kusho umsunguli we IHuffington Post,
Njengoba sibuka isigaba esiphakathi sibhidlika, kimi lokhu kuyinkomba enkulu yokuthi sesiphenduka izwe loMhlaba Wesithathu. -
U-Arianna Huffington, Ingxoxo kaMaclean, Septhemba 16th, 2010
Ngeza izwi lakhe lelo losopolitiki abathembekile, osomnotho, kanye nezinhlangano zomhlaba ezifana ne-International Monetary Fund, abaxwayisa ngokuqhubekayo ukuthi izisekelo zaseMelika seziqala ukubhidlika ngenxa yesikweletu sayo esikhulu. Ngibhalile ngaphambi kwalokho Revolution uyeza. Kepha kuzofika kuphela lapho ukuhleleka komphakathi kusizakale ngokwanele, bese kuthi ithuba le- ukuhleleka okusha kwezepolitiki kungenzeka. Lokho kuzinziswa kuza kanzima futhi kushesha, kubonakala sengathi, njengoba ukusweleka kwemisebenzi kanye nobuphofu e-US kukhuphuka futhi kungenzeka kube nezinxushunxushu zenhlalo, njengoba sibona ukuqhamuka kwamanye amazwe omhlaba wesithathu, iba kude kakhulu.
Kunokuqagela, opapa abaningana bebelokhu bexwayisa amashumi eminyaka ukuthi inguquko enjalo bekuyinhloso kuyo yonke le minyaka izinhlangano eziyimfihlo ukusebenza ngokulingana nohulumeni (bheka Saxwayiswa). Ngokuwa kwe-United States, umnyango uzovulelwa uhulumeni omusha onamandla amakhulu — noma uhulumeni womhlaba omkhulu — ukugomela indlela yokubusa engabeki inkululeko engaphakathi nesithunzi somuntu enkabeni yayo, kepha esikhundleni salokho inzuzo, ukusebenza kahle, imvelo, imvelo kanye nobuchwepheshe njengenhloso yayo eyinhloko.
… Ngaphandle kokuqondiswa kwesisa senhliziyo ngeqiniso, lo mbuso womhlaba wonke ungadala umonakalo ongakaze ubonwe futhi udale ukwahlukana okusha emndenini wesintu… Uma kunokuntuleka kwenhlonipho ngelungelo lokuphila nokufa ngokwemvelo, uma ukukhulelwa komuntu, ukukhulelwa nokuzalwa kwenziwa okwenziwe, uma imibungu yabantu inikelwa ukucwaninga, unembeza womphakathi ugcina ulahlekelwe ngumqondo wemvelo yabantu futhi , kanye nayo, leyo yemvelo yezemvelo. Kuyaphikisana nokuphikelela ukuthi izizukulwane ezizayo zihloniphe imvelo yemvelo lapho izinqubo nemithetho yethu ingabasizi ukuthi bazihloniphe. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Encyclical Isisa eQinisweni, Ch. 2, v. 33x; hhayi. 51
Kodwa ngubani olalele upapa? Ukwethembeka, kanjalo negunya leSonto lokuziphatha, kukhukhulwa ngu i-tsunami ye-relativism yokuziphatha lokho kugcwala umhlaba kanye nemikhakha yeSonto ngokufanayo, njengoba kufakazelwa manje la mahlazo futhi ukuwa okholweni. Ngasikhathi sinye, iMelika — leyo stopgap ebambe a i-tsunami yezepolitiki—Sibuye siphelelwe yisisekelo somhlaba. Futhi uma lokho sekuhambile, kuzobukeka sengathi kusesibambiso esisodwa kuphela esizosala i-tsunami engokomoya yenkohliso ekushayeleni umhlaba:
U-Abrahama, ubaba wokholo, kungokholo lwakhe idwala elibamba izinxushunxushu, isikhukhula esidala sokubhujiswa, ngakho-ke sigcina indalo. USimon, owokuqala ukuvuma ukuthi uJesu unguKristu… manje uba ngenxa yokholo luka-Abrahama, olwenziwa lube musha kuKristu, idwala elimelene negagasi elingcolile lokungakholwa nokubhujiswa kwalo komuntu. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI (UKhadinali Ratzinger), Sibizelwe eSidlweni, Ukuqonda iSonto Namuhla, Adrian Walker, Tr., K. 55-56
Ngempela, manje sibona kuvela amafu a isiphepho esiphelele, ithuba elihle le- ukuhleleka okusha komhlaba jikelele lokho kususa amaketanga "wentando yeningi yongxiwankulu" kanye "nenkolo yezikhungo."
AMERICA OBUHLE, UPETRO IDWALA
Ngenkathi indiza yami igcina iwele ku-tarm inhlabathi yaseMelika, ngacabanga ngalokho okushiwo yiVenezuela okuyimfihlakalo neNceku kaNkulunkulu, uMaria Esperanza wathi ngaleli lizwe elikhulu:
Nginomuzwa wokuthi i-United States kufanele isindise umhlaba… -Ibhuloho eliya ezulwini: Izingxoxo noMaria Esperanza waseBetania, nguMichael H. Brown, k. 43
Ngenkathi inkanyezi ikhafula isibhengezo buthule ngokushaywa umoya ngaphandle kwegumbi lehhotela lami futhi uthando olujulile ngalaba bantu lugcwala enhliziyweni yami, ngiyazibuza futhi ngalawo mazwi angaqondakaliyo akhulunywa ekugcineni komndeni wokuqala kaBenedict XVI lapho eba uPapa…
Ngikhulekeleni, ukuze ngingabaleki ngokwesaba izimpisi. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, ngo-Ephreli 24, 2005, eSt. Peter's Square, kuqala homily njengopapa
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