Papa Leo yatangiye urugendo rwa mbere muri Afurika

Afurika ni akarere gakura vuba muri Kiliziya Gatolika. Papa Leo aratangira urugendo rwe rwa mbere muri Afurika asura Alijeriya, igihugu kigizwe n’abayisilamu benshi.

Papa Leo XIV yagombaga kugera muri Alijeriya kuwa mbere mu ntangiriro y’urugendo rw’iminsi 11 mu bihugu bine bya Afurika. Uru ruzinduko rurimo kandi guhagarara muri Kameruni, Angola na Guinée Equatorial.

Papa Leo XIV yakiriwe na Recteur Mohamed Mamoun Al Qasimi ubwo yageraga mu musigiti munini muri Algiers, kuwa mbere tariki ya 13 Mata 2026, ku munsi wa mbere w’urugendo rw’iminsi 11 rw’intumwa muri Afurika.

Papa ni we muyobozi wa mbere w’abagatolika ku isi usuye igihugu cya Alijeriya kigizwe n’abayisilamu benshi, aho agamije gufasha “kubaka ikiraro hagati y’isi ya gikirisitu n’abayisilamu,” nk’uko byatangajwe na Musenyeri Mukuru wa Algiers Jean-Paul Vesco.

Mu rugendo rwe muri Afurika, Leo azibanda ku mahoro, kubimukira, ibidukikije, urubyiruko n’umuryango, nk’uko abayobozi ba Vatikani babivuga.

Uru rugendo rwa Alijeriya rufite akamaro ku giti cye

Uru ruzinduko rw’amateka ni ubwa mbere Papa agiriye urugendo muri Alijeriya. Dukurikije imibare ya Vatikani, umuryango muto w’abagatolika ugizwe n’abantu bagera ku 9.000, biganjemo abanyamahanga, utuye mu baturage benshi b’abayisilamu bagera kuri miliyoni 47.

Ikirere cya Algiers ni icy’abantu bategereje. Mbere y’uko Papa ahagera kuwa mbere mu gitondo, inkuta zarasubiwemo irangi, imihanda irasana n’ahantu hashashe ibimera n’indabyo, nk’uko AFP ibivuga.

Papa Leo wa XIV yageze mu ngoro ya Perezida wa El Mouradia muri Algiers, kuwa mbere tariki ya 13 Mata 2026, mu ntangiriro y’urugendo rw’iminsi 11 rw’intumwa muri Afurika

Uru ruzinduko rwubahiriza umurage wa Mutagatifu Augustine, umuhanga mu bya tewolojiya wo mu kinyejana cya 4 wavukiye mu mujyi wa Annaba ubu uri mu majyaruguru y’uburasirazuba, wahoze ari umujyi wa Hippo w’Abaroma. Leo amaze imyaka igera kuri 50 ari umwe mu bagize Umuryango wa Mutagatifu Augustine, akaba yarawuyoboye kuva mu 2001 kugeza mu 2013.

Mbere yo kuba Papa, Robert Francis Prevost yasuye Alijeriya inshuro ebyiri nk’umuyobozi w’Umuryango. Mu ijambo rye rya mbere nk’Umupapa, Leo yiyise “umuhungu” wa Augustine, inyandiko ze akunda kuvuga.

Papa azazirikana kandi abaguye mu ntambara yo kwibohora ya Algeriya ku Bufaransa (1954-1962) mu rwibutso rw’abahowe Imana rureba umujyi. Intambara yahitanye abantu ibihumbi amagana, aho abanyamategeko bo muri Alijeriya bavuga ko umubare wabo ari miliyoni 1.5, abenshi muri bo bakaba bari abasivili n’abarwanyi ba Alijeriya.

Nubwo itegeko nshinga rya Alijeriya ryemera “amadini atari Isilamu” kandi rikemera gusenga mu buryo bunyuranyije n’amategeko rusange, imiryango iharanira uburenganzira bw’ikiremwamuntu ivuga ko ihohoterwa rikomeje. Mu cyumweru gishize, imiryango itatu iharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu yasabye Papa Francis gukemura iki kibazo mu ruzinduko rwe, nk’uko AFP ibivuga.

Afurika ikiri nto kandi ikize yavuzwe na Papa

Papa Leo, w’imyaka 70, azakora urugendo rwa kilometero 18.000 afata ingendo 18 mu gihe cy’iminsi 11.

Biteganijwe ko azavuga ku ruswa, ubutegetsi bw’igitugu n’inshingano z’abayobozi ba politiki, nk’uko Vatikani yabitangaje. Abaperezida ba Guinée Equatorial na Kameruni bombi bamaze imyaka ibarirwa muri za mirongo ku butegetsi.

Ibihugu biri ku rugendo rwa Leo biri mu bicukura peteroli n’amabuye y’agaciro ku isi, harimo zahabu na diyama. Nyamara igice kinini cy’abaturage babyo kiba mu bukene. Nubwo bamwe babonye iterambere ry’ubukungu mu myaka yashize, benshi bakomeje guhura n’amakimbirane n’ihungabana.

Muri Kameruni, abantu benshi biteze kuzahura, abantu bagera ku 600.000 bagomba kwitabira imwe mu misa za Leo. Azanavuga ku “nama y’amahoro” mu mujyi wa Bamenda mu majyaruguru y’uburengerazuba, nk’uko gahunda ya Vatikani ibivuga. Akarere k’Abongereza karanzwe n’urugomo rw’amacakubiri.

Kwimukira i Burayi nabyo byitezweho kugaragara cyane muri uru rugendo, nk’uko bizagaragara ubwo Leo yasuraga Esipanye muri Kamena, aho abimukira b’Abanyafurika baza mu nyanja.

Afurika Kiliziya Gatolika ikura vuba cyane

Afurika yari ifite abantu barenga kimwe cya kabiri cy’abantu miliyoni 15.8 babatijwe muri Kiliziya Gatolika mu 2023, nk’uko imibare iheruka ya Vatikani ibivuga. Iterambere rya Gatolika ku mugabane rikomeje kurenga ubwiyongere bw’abaturage muri rusange, aho Abagatolika barenga miliyoni 288 banditswe mu 2024.

Papa Leo XIV yakiriwe na Recteur Mohamed Mamoun Al Qasimi ubwo yageraga mu musigiti munini muri Algiers, kuwa mbere tariki ya 13 Mata 2026, ku munsi wa mbere w’urugendo rw’iminsi 11 rw’intumwa muri Afurika.

Kiliziya Gatolika muri Afurika ihura n’ibibazo byinshi, muri byo harimo amahame y’umuco yo gushaka abagore benshi. Inyigisho za Gatolika zivuga ko ishyingiranwa ari ubumwe bw’umugabo umwe n’umugore umwe, ubuzima bwose.

Amakimbirane ashingiye ku moko atera indi mbogamizi, cyane cyane mu gushyiraho abepiskopi mu turere dutandukanye tw’amoko. Hari aho abapadiri cyangwa abihaye Imana banze gutanga kandidatire, nk’uko abamisiyoneri ba Vatikani babitangaje.

Papa Yohani Pawulo wa II, kuva mu 1978 kugeza mu 2005, yasuye Afurika inshuro 15. Papa Francis yasuye uyu mugabane inshuro eshanu mu gihe cy’ubwa Papa.

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