SANTA CRUZ DE SUCCHABAMBA, Peru (The Thursday Times) — Pope Leo XIV hafte ke roz helicopter ke zariye Andes ke qasbe Santa Cruz de Succhabamba pohanche, jahan woh missionary padri ke taur par kabhi ghore par jaya karte the, aur wahan khule aasman tale ibadat (Mass) mein kaha ke na-insafi par saffaki se qaboo nahin paya ja sakta.
Taqreeban 6 hazaar aabadi wale is qasbe mein, jo sath-e-samandar se 2 hazaar meter se zyada bulandi par sarsabz chotiyon ke darmiyan waqe hai, taqreeban 20 hazaar afraad ibadat mein shareek hue. Bohat se log raat bhar wahin thehre ya qareebi dehaat se pahari raston par paidal chal kar aaye, aur aik maqami band ne “Pope Leo, ghar mein khush aamdeed” ga kar un ka istiqbal kiya.
“Khud-gharzi, na-insafi aur burai par saffaki se nahin, balke dua, sabr aur ghalat baat ki muzammat mein saabit-qadmi se, pukhta azm ke saath apni faryaad pesh karne aur zaroori tabdeeliyan laane ke liye mehnat se kaam karne se qaboo paya jata hai,” Pope ne kaha.
Chiclayo mein apne saabiq cathedral mein, jahan woh 2015 se 2023 tak bishop rahe, Pope Leo ne kaha ke Peru ke log “wasee paimane par tashaddud ki ghair-yaqeeni soorat-e-haal aur un naqabil-e-bayan masaib se khatra mehsoos karte hain jo hamare bohat se bhaiyon aur behnon ko ab bhi jhelne par rahe hain.”
Sarkari adad o shumaar ke mutabiq Peru mein qatl ki sharah paanch saal mein taqreeban dugni ho kar fi aik lakh afraad mein 5.8 se 10.7 ho gayi hai, aur bhatta-khori ke report shuda waqiaat 2019 mein 2,421 se barh kar 2025 mein 26,734 ho gaye. Sadr Keiko Fujimori, jinhon ne jaraim se nimatne ke waade par July mein uhda sambhala, ab tak kayi jagah hangami haalat nafiz kar chuki hain, jin mein August mein Lima bhi shamil hai.
Khaali hote dehaat
Pope ne Lima aur Trujillo jaise sahili shehron mein “behtar mustaqbil ki talaash mein apna watan chhorne par majboor logon ke dukh” aur “girti sharah-e-paidaish jo dehaat ko khaali kar rahi hai” ka bhi zikr kiya. Sarkari adad o shumaar ke mutabiq Cajamarca khitte mein, jahan Santa Cruz waqe hai, 40 feesad se zyada log ghurbat mein rehte hain, jo Peru mein sab se zyada sharah hai, aur wahan paida hone wale taqreeban 7 lakh 29 hazaar afraad ab mulk ke doosre hisson mein rehte hain.
Yeh daura 71 saala Pope ki cancer ki surgery ke aik maah baad ho raha hai. Chiclayo diocese ke vicar general Jorge Villegas ne kaha ke Pope Leo is se bhi zyada bulandi par waqe, Quechua zaban bolne wale qasbe Incahuasi mein bhi rukna chahte the, jahan unhon ne 2023 mein ibadat karayi thi, lekin Pope ki haisiyat se unhein wahan le jana “kuch pecheeda saabit hua.”
Chicago mein Robert Francis Prevost ke naam se paida hone wale Pope Leo America aur Peru donon ki shehriyat rakhte hain aur taqreeban do dahaiyan Peru mein missionary padri aur bishop ke taur par guzaar chuke hain. Woh is hafte Argentina se Peru pohanche aur mulk ke bishopon se kaha ke church ko badsulooki ka izala karna hoga. Woh itwaar ko Cuzco aur Pucallpa jayenge, jahan woh maqami qabail ke numaindon se milenge, aur peer ko buzurgon ki aik panahgah ke daure ke saath Uruguay, Argentina aur Peru ka daura mukammal karenge.
