SIZOBONWA ngamakholwa nawumphakathi isidumbu sikaPhapha uFrancis kusukela kusasa ngoLwesithathu, kuze kube ubekwa endlini yakhe yokugcina eSt Peters Basilliaca Square, eRome, ngoMgqibelo.
Kulindelwe izinkumbi zabantu abazobe beqhamuka kuwona wonke amagumbi omhlaba, bezobeka le ndoda endala kaNkulunkulu endlini yayo yokugcina.
Selokhu izindaba zokwedlula kukaPhapha zimenyezelwe izolo ngoMsombuluko ekuseni, abantu balokhu betheleke njalo eVatican, ekomkhulu lamaKhatholika, bezobhonga emswaneni. UPhapha, ushone eseneminyaka engu-88 ngemuva kokugula isikhathi eside exinwe yisifo samaphaphu.
Ubonakalae okokugcina emphakathini ngeSonto, enkonzweni yePhasika khona, eSt Pater Basillica Square, evalelisa izinkumbi zabantu ababalelwa ku-35 000.
Umngcwabo kaPhapha uFrancis uzokwenganyelwa nguCardinal Giovanni Battista, onguMkhatholika omdala nohlonishwayo.
Amazwi enduduzo kawaqhamuki kubaholi bezeNkolo kuphela, kodwa nezinhloko zemibuso zisalokhu zikhale njalo. UMengameli waseNingizumu Afrika, uMnu Cyril Ramaphosa, ungomunye wabaholi asebebdlulise amazwi enduduzo ngokwedlula emhlaeni kukaPhapha.
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