Njengoba abaningi ababhalisile abasha beza ebhodini manje isonto ngalinye, kuphuma imibuzo emidala efana nale: Kungani uPapa engakhulumi ngezikhathi zokuphela? Impendulo izomangaza abaningi, iqinisekise abanye, futhi iphonsele abaningi inselelo enkulu. Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoSepthemba 21, 2010, ngibuyekeze lo mbhalo ngiwenze njengamanje.
KUSUKELA UPapa Benedict XVI ulilahlile ihhovisi lakhe, ngithole ama-imeyili amaningi ebuza ngeziphrofetho zikapapa, kusukela eSt.Malaki kuya ekuvezweni ngasese kwangasese. Okuqapheleka kakhulu yiziphrofetho zesimanje eziphikisana ngokuphelele. Omunye “umboni” uthi uBenedict XVI uzoba ngupapa wokugcina weqiniso nokuthi noma yimuphi opapa besikhathi esizayo ngeke bavele kuNkulunkulu, kanti omunye ukhuluma ngomphefumulo okhethiwe olungele ukuhola iSonto ezinkingeni. Ngiyakutshela manje ukuthi okungenani esisodwa salezi "ziprofetho" ezingenhla siphikisana ngqo noMbhalo Ongcwele kanye Nesiko.
Njengoba kunikezwe ukuqagela okudlangile nokudideka kwangempela okusakazeka kuzindawo eziningi, kuhle ukuphinde uvakashele lo mbhalo yini uJesu neBandla Lakhe ngihlale ngifundisa futhi ngiqonda iminyaka eyi-2000. Ake ngengeze nje lesi sandiso esifushane: ukube bengiwuDeveli — ngalesi sikhathi eSontweni nasemhlabeni — bengizokwenza konke okusemandleni ami ukudicilela phansi ubupristi, ukubukela phansi igunya likaBaba Ongcwele, ngitshale ukungabaza eMagisterium, futhi ngizame ukwenza abathembekile bakholelwa ukuthi bangathembela manje kuphela kwimizwelo yabo yangaphakathi nasembulelweni sangasese.
Lokho, kalula, kuyindlela yokukhohlisa.
Njengoba ngicele uMama wethu Obusisiwe ukuthi aqondise ukubhala kwami namhlanje ekuseni, ngokushesha lokhu kuzindla okuvela ngoMashi 25, 2009 kwafika engqondweni:
UKUVULA ngahamba futhi ngashumayela ezifundeni ezingaphezu kwezingama-40 zaseMelika futhi cishe kuzo zonke izifundazwe zaseCanada, ngithole umbono ohlukahlukene weSonto kuleli zwekazi. Sengike ngahlangana nabantu abaningi abahlelekile, abapristi abazinikele kakhulu, nabazinikele futhi abanenhlonipho ngokwenkolo. Kepha baba mbalwa ngenani engiqala ukuzwa amazwi kaJesu ngendlela entsha neyethusayo:
Lapho iNdodana yomuntu ifika, ingabe izokuthola ukukholwa emhlabeni? (Luka 18: 8)
Kuthiwa uma uphonsa isele emanzini abilayo, lizoqhuma liphume. Kepha uma uwafudumeza kancane amanzi, ayohlala ebhodweni abile aze afe. ISonto ezingxenyeni eziningi zomhlaba seliqala ukufinyelela ezingeni elibilayo. Uma ufuna ukwazi ukuthi ashisa kanjani amanzi, buka ukuhlaselwa kukaPetru.
UPeter Martyr Ujoyina Ukuthula, UFra Angelico
WONKE UMUNTU ngikhuluma ngakho. IHollywood, amaphephandaba asemhlabeni, izikhonkwane zezindaba, amaKrestu ashumayela ivangeli… wonke umuntu, kubonakala sengathi, kodwa iningi leSonto LamaKatolika. Njengoba abantu abaningi bezama ukubhekana nezehlakalo ezimbi kakhulu zesikhathi sethu-kusuka amaphethini wezulu angajwayelekile, ezilwaneni ezifa ngobuningi, ekuhlaselweni kaningi kwamaphekula — izikhathi esiphila kuzo sezisuke zaba yisaga, kusukela ekuthatheni okwejwayelekileindlovu egumbini lokuphumula.”Iningi lawo wonke umuntu lizwa ngezinga elithile ukuthi siphila kumzuzu ongavamile. Kuphuma ezihlokweni nsuku zonke. Nokho amapulpiti ezifundeni zethu zamaKhatholika avame ukuthula…
Ngakho-ke, umKatolika odidekile uvame ukushiywa ezimweni zaseHollywood zokuphela komhlaba ezingenathemba ezishiya iplanethi ingenalo ikusasa, noma ikusasa elisindiswe ngabafokazi. Noma kushiywe ngezaba zokungakholelwa ebukhoneni bezindaba zezwe. Noma izincazelo eziyimbuka zamanye amahlelo obuKrestu (vele uwele iminwe yakho bese ulengisa kuze kube-sekuhlwithweni). Noma ukusakazwa okuqhubekayo "kweziprofetho" ezivela kuNostradamus, abalumbi beminyaka emisha, noma amadwala e-hieroglyphic.