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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Ikulu yachemka kwa kuandika pongezi kwa Papa Benedict XVI kwenda Vatican.

Rais Jakaya Kikwete
KWANZA nianze kwa kuwashukuru watu walioleta thread ya Ikulu ikionyesha barua iliyoandikwa kwenda Vatican kumpongeza Pope Benedict kwa kile Ikulu yetu ilichokiita {Inauguration of the Pontificate of His Holiness Pope John Paul II}.

Thread yenyewe inasomeka hivi;


“His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI,

Vatican City,


HOLY SEE.


Your Holiness,


On behalf of the Government and the people of the United Republic of Tanzania, and on my own behalf, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate you most sincerely on the occasion of the Inauguration of the Pontificate of His Holiness Pope John Paul II.


Tanzania and the Holy See enjoy good bilateral relations. Over the years we have worked closely. The celebration of your country’s National Day offers me yet another opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to continue working with you in further consolidating and strengthening the ties of friendship and cooperation that exist between us.

 

Please accept, Your Holiness, my best wishes for your personal good health, prosperity and many more years of service to the Church”.

ISSUED BY:
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION,
DAR ES SALAAM.
22ND OCTOBER, 2012

Thread hii inapatikana HAPA
 

Kwa tunaojua kwanza nimeshtushwa na headline. Baada ya kushtushwa na headline nikashawishika nisome details zaidi nikiamini nilichokiona nitakuta kimerekebishwa ndani ya maelezo.

Narudia, baada ya kusoma barua yote kwenda Vatican kwa Papa, nikaridhika kabisa haya ni makosa yanayostahili kurekebishwa, na Jamii Forum kumejaa wataalamu wa kuona makosa na kurekebisha. Je! Kosa ni nini hapa kwenye barua hii?


Kulijua kosa inabidi kwanza tuanze kujua terms za Kanisa Katoliki. Neno "Pontificate" linatumika kwa mambo yanayofanywa na Askofu lakini likitajwa peke yake basi linamaanisha Askofu wa Roma yaani Papa.


Hivyo "Pontificate" ni utawala wa Papa. Kwa kiingereza tungesema ni "reign". Pontificate ni kipindi chote cha huyo mtu kuwa Papa yaani tangu siku aliposimikwa kuwa Askofu wa Roma hadi atakapofariki au ku-resign.


Tunajua kwamba Papa huchaguliwa na mkutano wa makardinali uitwao "Conclave". Lakini Papa kama askofu wa jimbo lolote haishii kuchaguliwa tu, bali siku yake ya kwanza ya uaskofu wa askofu au upapa wa Papa (Pontificate) ni siku ile anapokaa kwenye kile kiti cha askofu kwenye Kanisa kuu liitwalo "Cathedral".


Narudia hii ni kwa kila askofu wa Kanisa Katoliki duniani akiwemo Papa. Hivyo "Pontificate" yaani siku ya kwanza ya utawala wa Papa yoyote huanza siku hii.


Narudi kwenye mshangao wangu, ni kwamba niliposoma ungedhani kuwa kuna Papa mpya ambaye upapa wake umeanza (Pontificate) na hivyo Ikulu yetu imetuma salamu za pongezi kwa kuanza upapa huo yaani {
Inauguration of the Pontificate}.

Kibaya zaidi pametamkwa {
Inauguration of the Pontificate of His Holiness Pope John Paul II}, ambapo kwa kiswahili sahihi ni {kuanza kwa Upapa wa John Paul II}.

Haikutakiwa kuandikwa hivi. Je, kilitakiwa ni nini?


Kilichotakiwa ni kuchunguza kwanza ni nini kinaendelea kabla ya kuandika. Kinachoendelea ni kumbukumbu ya kilichotokea miaka 34 yaani Jumapili, October 22, 1978.


Hii ndiyo siku John Paul II alipouanza upapa wake kwa kuendesha misa na kukali kile kiti {Cathedral} kilichomo kwenye Kanisa Kuu lake ambalo linaitwa {
Archbasilica of St. John Lateran}. Najua baadhi, na ikibidi wengi wanaishia kulijua lile {St. Peter's Basilica}.

Lakini Kanisa hasa la upapa ni hili {
St. Peter's Basilica} kama pale D'Salaam lilivyo kanisa la St. Joseph}.

Sasa, kilichotokea wiki hii pale Vatican, kinahusiana na mchakato wa kumtangaza John Paul II awe mtakatifu kwani yeye sasa tayari kikanis ayuko hatua kubwa zaidi kuliko ilivyo kwa Julius Nyerere kwa mchakato huohuo. John Paul II sasa yeye anaitwa "Beata" yaani "Mwenyeheri". Amebakiza ngazi moja tu kutangazwa mtakatifu.


Kutangazwa mtakatifu au mwenyeheri ni hatua moja inayoambatana na kuwekwa kwa siku maalumu ya kumkumbuka mtakatifu huyo. Watakatifu wengi hasa mashahidi wa dini siku yao huwekwa kuwa ni ile waliyokufa kama wale mashahidi wa Uganda. Lakini baadhi si lazima iwe siku hiyo.


Pope JOhn II alitangazwa mwaka jana kuwa "Beata", na hivyo kukawa na debate kuwa je, siku yake iwe lini. Ndipo kabla ya kumtangaza Vatican ikaamua kwamba siku yake iwe ni siku alipouanza upapa wake yaani October 22.


Hivyo, October 22, ni maalum kwa Beata John Paul II kama ilivyo siku ya mtakatifu au mwenyeheri yoyote unayemjua.


Hivyo, kilichofanyia juzi, zutio wake wa kwanza kabisa ni makanisa duniani kuadhimisha kwa mara ya pili siku ya Mwenyeheri John Paul II.


Lakini tukio hili limegongana na mambo kadhaa ambako maaskofu wengi akiwemo Polycarp Pengo wako Vatican kwa shughuli iliyoanza wiki mbili zilizopita iitwayo Synod. Hivyo, hilo limeongeza populality ya jambo hili kuonekana ni special kwa kiasi fulani.


Haishangazi kuwepo kwa meseji ionyeshayo {
Inauguration of the Pontificate}. Lakini kama umeshasoma hadi hapa utakuwa umeelewa ni kwamba Vatican haina mpango wa kusherehekea siku ya Papa ambaye tayari ameshakua lakini cha msingi dunia kukumbushwa siku ya "Uenyeheri" wake na ikitokea akatangazwa utakatifu itakuwa ni siku ya "Utakatifu" wake kuadhimishwa makanisani.

Sasa, barua ya Ikulu ambayo imetolewa na Wizara ya mambo ya nje inaonyesha kama kwamba ni uzinduzi wa Upapa, tena wa Papa aliyekwisha kufa.


Nafahamu Salva Rweyemam ni mkatoliki lakini nafahamu Bernard Membe si tu kwamba ni mkatoliki tu bali alipita seminari na meseji kama hii angeweza kugundua hiki ninachoeleza.


Nawatakia usomaji mwema.

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