UKhadinali waseLebanon: "ISonto linomsebenzi omkhulu" ngemuva kokuqhuma kweBeirut
Ngemuva kokuqhuma okungenani kokukodwa emachwebeni aseBeirut ngoLwesibili, ukhadinali wamaMaronite wamaKatolika uthe iSonto lendawo lidinga ukwesekwa ukusiza abantu baseLebanon ukuba bavule kule nhlekelele.
“IBeirut idolobha elichithekile. Kuqubuke inhlekelele lapho ngenxa yokuqhuma okungaqondakali okwenzeka ethekwini layo ”kusho uCardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, uMaronite Patriarch wase-Antiyokiya ngomhlaka 5 Agasti.
"ISonto, elisungule inethiwekhi yezokusiza kuyo yonke indawo yaseLebanon, namuhla libhekene nomsebenzi omusha omkhulu ongakwazi ukuzenzela lona", kuqhubeka lesi simemezelo sezinzalamizi.
Uthe ngemuva kokuqhuma kweBeirut, iSonto "selibumbene nabampofu, imindeni yezisulu, abalimele nabaphangiwe ukuthi ilungele ukwamukelwa ezikhungweni zayo".
Ukuqhuma lokhu, okwenzeka ethekwini laseBeirut, kubulale okungenani abantu abayi-100 kwalimaza izinkulungwane, izibhedlela ezigcwele izikhukhula. Isibalo sabashonile kulindeleke ukuba sikhuphuke njengoba abezimo eziphuthumayo behlola inani labantu abangacacisiwe abasalahlekile emfucumfucwini.
Lokhu kuqhuma kubhebhethekise umlilo kanti iningi ledolobha liphelelwe ugesi ngoLwesibili nangoLwesithathu. Izingxenye zedolobha, kufaka phakathi nendawo edumile yamanzi, zacekelwa phansi ukuqhuma. Izindawo zokuhlala ezigcwele abantu empumalanga yeBeirut, okuyiwona owobuKristu, nazo zathola ukulimala okukhulu ngenxa yokuqhuma, zazizwa ziqhele ngamakhilomitha angama-150 eCyprus.
UKhadinali Rai uchaze lo muzi njenge "ndawo yempi engenampi".
"Ukucekelwa phansi nencithakalo kuyo yonke imigwaqo yayo, komakhelwane nezindlu."
Unxuse umphakathi wamazwe omhlaba wonke ukuthi usize iLebanon, ebivele isenkingeni yezomnotho.
"Ngiphendukela kuwe ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi ufuna iLebanon ibambe iqhaza elingakanani emisebenzini yesintu, intando yeningi nokuthula eMiddle East nasemhlabeni," kusho uRai.
Ucele amazwe kanye neNhlangano Yezizwe ukuthi bathumele usizo eBeirut futhi wacela izinhlangano ezinikela emhlabeni wonke ukusiza imindeni yaseLebanon "ukuphulukisa amanxeba abo nokuvuselela amakhaya abo."
UNdunankulu waseLebanon uHassan Diab umemezele u-Agasti 5 ukuthi kube usuku lwesizwe lokulila. Izwe licishe lahlukaniswa ngokulinganayo phakathi kwamaSulumane amaSunni, amaSulumane amaShia, namaKristu, iningi lawo elingamaKatolika angamaMaron. ILebanon nayo inesibalo esincane samaJuda kanjalo neDruze neminye imiphakathi yezenkolo.
Abaholi abangamaKhrestu bacele imikhuleko ngemuva kokuqhuma kanti amaKhatholika amaningi aphendukele ekuthandazelweni kukaSt. Charbel Makhlouf, umpristi kanye nomelusi wakhe owayephila kusukela ngo-1828 kuya ku-1898. Waziwa eLebanon ngokuphulukisa kwakhe okuyisimangaliso kwalabo abamvakashele. Ithuna lokufuna ukulamula kwakhe - amaKhristu namaSulumane.
IMaronite nel Mondo Foundation ithumele isithombe sosanta ekhasini labo kuFacebook ngo-Agasti 5 nesihloko esithi “UNkulunkulu abe nesihe kubantu bakho. U-Saint Charbel usithandazele ".
Isitudiyo kanye namahhovisi enhlangano eyaziwa ngokuthi yiChristian Middle East TV Noursat bekucishe kube yimizuzu emihlanu ukusuka lapho kwaqhuma khona lesi sehlakalo futhi "sonakaliswa kabi" ngokusho kwesitatimende esihlanganyelwe umsunguli wenethiwekhi nomongameli ngomhla ka-5 Agasti.
Bacele "imithandazo eqinile yezwe lethu elithandekayo iLebanon neTele Lumiere / Noursat ukuze iqhubeke nomsebenzi wayo ekusakazeni izwi likaNkulunkulu, ithemba nokholo".
"Sithandazela imiphefumulo yezisulu, sicela uNkulunkulu wethu uSomandla ukuba aphilise abalimele futhi anikeze nemindeni yabo amandla"