Thirty years after St. John Paul II begged Mozambicans to end their civil war, Francis is expected to endorse the new Aug. 1 accord and urge its full implementation when he meets with government authorities on Thursday, his first full day in the region. He arrived Wednesday evening but had no public events scheduled after his brief airport welcome ceremony that featured traditional drums, dance and ululating singers.
Ngemuva kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu u-St.John Paul II enxuse abaseMozambique ukuthi bayiqede impi yabo yombango, uFrancis kulindeleke ukuthi asisayine lesi sivumelwano esisha sangomhla lulu-1 ku-Agasti aphinde akhuthaze ukuthi sifezekiswe ngokugcwele lapho ehlangana neziphathimandla zikahulumeni ngoLwesine, okuwusuku lwakhe lokuqala olugcwele esifundeni. Ufike ngoLwesithathu kusihlwa kodwa ubengenayo imicimbi yomphakathi ebihleliwe ngemuva komcimbi wakhe omfushane wokwamukelwa esikhumulweni sezindiza lapho bekushaywa khona izigubhu zomdabu, kudanswa kukikizelwa kunjeya.