Ubungcwele bakhe uPapa uFrancis ohambweni lwakhe lokuqala esifundeni sase-Arabian Gulf
UPapa uFrancis, uPhapha weVatican kanye neNhloko yeBandla lamaKhatholika, ufike enhlokodolobha, i-Abu Dhabi, ohambeni lwezinsuku ezintathu okuhloswe ngalo ukuqinisa izingxoxo zokuxoxisana kwezinkolo, ukukhuthaza umoya wobuzalwane kanye nokukhuthaza ukuthula.
I-United Arab Emirates izokwamukela ubungcwele bakhe uPapa ohambweni oluhlose ukuhlanganisa isikhundla se-Abu Dhabi kanye nokuthuthukisa isithombe sayo njengenhloko-dolobha yokwehlukahlukana kwamasiko kanye nezingxoxo zezinkolo ezihlukene emhlabeni wonke. NgoLwesibili, Febhuwari 5, uPapa Francis uzokhumbula imisa labantu ababalelwa ku-120 eZayed Sports City.
Imisa izosakazwa bukhoma endizeni ye-Etihad Izindiza kusetshenziswa izinsiza zokuzijabulisa ezingaphakathi. Ongcwele uPapa uFrancis kanye noMhlonishwa u-Imam Omkhulu wase-Al-Azhar, uDkt. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, bazobamba iqhaza kwiNgqungquthela Yomhlaba Wonke Yobuzalwane Babantu, ezoba se-Emirate yase-Abu Dhabi, ngenhloso yokuvula inkhulumomphendvulwano. ukuphilisana kanye nobuzalwane phakathi kwabantu nokwehlukahlukana kwamasiko nokubaluleka kwawo nezindlela zokuwathuthukisa emhlabeni jikelele.
Ekupheleni kokuvakasha kukaPapa, i-Etihad Airways izohlonishwa ngokuthwala ubungcwele bakhe emkhunjini eyodwa ye-Boeing 787 Dreamliners yayo lapho ebuyela e-Champion Airport e-Rome.