Wara li nhar is-Sibt li għadda n-Nofsinhar tas-Sudan kien iddikjarat nazzjon ġdid, id-Direttur għall-Uffiċċju Stampa tal-Vatikan, Patri Federico Lombardi, eżorta lill-pajjiż sabiex ma jħallix li dan l-Istat ġdid ifalli. Federico Lombardi, irrifletta fuq in-nofsinhar tas-Sudan fl-iktar edizzjoni riċenti tal-programm Octava Dies fuq l-istazzjon televiżiv tal-Vatikan.
Il-kelliemi tkellem dwar it-tamiet li n-nazzjon għandu għal ‘storja ġdida ta’ paċi’. Kompla jfakkar f’diskorsi tal-Papa Ġwanni Pawlu II waqt waqfa qasira li kien għamel fl-1993 f’Khartoum. Dakinhar kien esprima t-tama tiegħu li “s-Sudaniżi, b’liberta tal-għażla,jissuċċedu fit-tiftix ta’ formola kostituzzjonali li tippermetti li jkunu ssuperati d-diffikultajiet, b’rispett lejn il-karatteristiċi speċifiċi ta’ kull komunita”.
Kien irrefera wkoll għall-gwerra ċivili li ttormentat lis-Sudan għal żewġ sekli sħaħ u qal li kien “diffiċli f’dal-mument li wieħed ma jżommx fit-talb tiegħu lil kull min f’din l-art hu milqut minn gwerra ċivili – konflitt mill-iktar sofferenti, speċjalment fin-nofsinhar.”
Skont Patri Federico Lombardi, Direttur tal-Uffiċċju Stampa tal-Vatikan, il-Papa kien aċċenna li “l-irjieħ tal-bidla qed jitolbu strutturi mġedda ta’ organizzazzjoni ekonomika u politika, strutturi li ġenwinament jirrispettaw d-dinjita umana u d-drittijiet tal-bniedem”.
With Saturday’s establishment of South Sudan as the world’s newest nation, the Vatican spokesman had an exhortation for the international country: Let us not allow this nation to fail.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, reflected on South Sudan in the most recent edition of Vatican Television’s “Octava Dies.”
He spoke of hopes that the nation might begin “a new history of peace.”
The Jesuit recalled addresses that Pope John Paul II gave during a few-hour stop in Khartoum in 1993.
The Pontiff repeated what he had said to the Vatican diplomatic corps the month before: He spoke of his hope “that the Sudanese, with the freedom to choose, will succeed in finding a constitutional formula which will make it possible to overcome contradictions and struggles, with proper respect paid to the specific characteristics of each community.”
“It is difficult at this moment not to think of all the prayers and sufferings of those affected by the continuing conflict in this land, especially in the South,” the Holy Father also said, referring to the civil war that tormented Sudan for two decades.
“The winds of change are demanding renewed structures of economic and political organization, structures which will genuinely respect human dignity and human rights,” the Polish Pontiff added that day.
VATICAN CITY, JULY 10, 2011 (Zenit.org)
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