'Ibhulashi' lamabandla liyachithwa futhi bacabanga ukucela 'isabelo' esimisiwe kwabathembekile.

Umongameli we I-Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE) kanye noMbhishobhi Omkhulu waseBarcelona, UJuan José Omella, uhlongoze lokho AmaKatolika akhokha “imali yezikhathi ezithile” eSontweni ngoba "amabhulashi aphelile" ngenxa yemikhawulo yamandla ngenxa yomqedazwe we-Covid-19.

“Kubangele ukuvalwa kwamathempeli kanye nemikhawulo yomthamo amaqoqo ehlile. Amapherishi amaningi asethwele kanzima kanti amaDiocese aqhamuka nezinhlelo eziphuthumayo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ayaqhubeka nomsebenzi wawo wokwelusa nokunakekela. Kukho konke lokhu, kuyaphuthuma ukuthi sicabange kabusha ukuthi singawafaka kanjani amaKhatholika nezakhamizi jikelele kulo msebenzi ngesikhathi lapho amabhulashi ephelelwa amandla,” kuxwayisa u-Omella.

Lokhu kukhonjiswe ngabakwa UCardinal Archbishop waseBarcelona kuloMsombuluko, Novemba 16, enkulumweni yokuvula yoMkhandlu Kazwelonke we I-Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE), ezoqhubeka kuze kube uLwesihlanu oluzayo nalapho ababhishobhi abangu-38 kwabayi-118 behlanganyela khona mathupha ukuze baqinisekise ukuphepha. Abanye ababhishobhi bazobamba iqhaza ku-inthanethi.

Ngokuqondile, u-Omella ukubonisile lokho Imikhawulo yezempilo ngenxa yalolu bhubhane ithinte amathempeli, abaye baphoqeleka ukuba behlise umthamo wabo, nomphumela wokulahlekelwa ekuqoqweni ngesikhathi sobuningi. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, iye yaphakamisa isidingo sokukhuthaza ezinye izinhlobo zeminikelo kusetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe obusha.

“Usizo lwezenkolo alukwazi futhi akufanele luyeke. Ukudala kanye nokusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe obusha can thuthukisa izindlela ezintsha zokusekela. Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi sigqugquzele ukuzinikela kwawo wonke umuntu ngokufaka izitolimende ngezikhathi ezithile ezivumela amaphrojekthi esikhathi esimaphakathi neside ukuthi axazululwe,” esho.