Kuwa Gatandatu tariki ya 2 Kanama 2025, Perezida Paul Kagame yakiriye itsinda ry’abayobozi b’Abadivantisiti Gatolika bo ku mugabane wa Afurika bari mu nama rusange ya SECAM (Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar), abibutsa inshingano bafite zo guteza imbere ibiranga ubumuntu, bifashishije isomo rikomeye ritangwa n’amateka y’u Rwanda—amateka agaragaza icyaruta byose n’icyacitse intege mu muntu.

Perezida Kagame yavuze ko u Rwanda rushobora gufatwa nk’ikirango cy’ibyiza n’ibibi byaranze amateka y’abatuye isi, bityo bikaba isomo rikomeye ku bafite inshingano, yaba abari muri Leta cyangwa mu Itorero. Yagize ati: “U Rwanda ruhagarariye ibyiza n’ibibi by’ubumuntu—bikaba ari urwibutso rukomeye ko abafite inshingano, yaba abo muri Leta cyangwa mu Itorero, bagomba gukora ibishoboka byose bagakurura ibyiza bibarimo.” Yakomeje agira ati: “Byarateshutse mu mateka, ariko abantu beza ntibemera kuba imbohe z’amateka mabi. Tugomba kwigira ku byabaye, tugakorera hamwe, tukubaka ejo hazaza h’icyizere, ubwiyunge n’amahoro—atari mu Rwanda gusa, ahubwo no ku mugabane wacu wose wa Afurika.”

Iyi nama ya 20 ya SECAM ibera i Kigali kuva tariki 30 Nyakanga kugeza ku ya 4 Kanama 2025, ikaba ihurije hamwe abasaga 250 baturutse mu bihugu bitandukanye bya Afurika. Barimo Abakaridinali, Abepisikopi, abapadiri, abihaye Imana b’abakobwa, abakiristu b’abasivili ndetse n’intumwa z’urubyiruko. Iyo nama iba rimwe mu myaka itatu, igamije gusesengura uruhare rw’Itorero Gatolika ku mugabane wa Afurika, haba mu iterambere rusange ry’abantu, mu kubaka amahoro no guteza imbere indangagaciro z’Imana.

Insanganyamatsiko y’uyu mwaka igira iti: “Kristu, isoko y’icyizere, ubwiyunge n’amahoro.” Binyuze muri iyi nsanganyamatsiko, abari mu nama baganira ku buryo Itorero ryagira uruhare rukomeye mu kongera kwimakaza ubumwe, ubwumvikane n’icyizere mu baturage b’Afurika bahura kenshi n’ibibazo by’amakimbirane ashingiye ku moko, idini, n’imiyoborere.

Mu kiganiro Perezida Kagame yagiranye n’aba bayobozi bamusuye, yagarutse cyane ku mateka y’u Rwanda, cyane cyane Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994. Yibukije ko Itorero Gatolika rifite amateka akomeye kuri ayo mahano, aho hari bamwe mu bayobozi baryo bitwaye nabi, bamwe bakagira uruhare mu bwicanyi, abandi bakaruca bakarumira, ndetse hari n’abashimuse cyangwa bagatambamira ibikorwa byo gutabara inzirakarengane.

Kiliziya Gatolika yagize uruhare rugaragara muri Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, nk’uko byagiye bigaragazwa mu buhamya butandukanye no mu mateka yanditswe n’inzego zitandukanye. Mu mwaka wa 2017, Papa Fransisko ubwe yemeye uruhare rwa Kiliziya muri Jenoside, anasaba imbabazi ku bw’icyo cyaha. Yavuze ko “uku kwemera, nubwo ari ukwicisha bugufi, gushyira ahagaragara intege nke zaranze iyo myaka, byari ngombwa kugira ngo Kiliziya isukure amateka yayo no gusubiza icyizere abayemera.”

Mu bihe bitandukanye, bamwe mu bayobozi ba Kiliziya Gatolika mu Rwanda bagiye bagaragarizwa ko hari uruhare bayigizemo mu bikorwa byo kwica Abatutsi. Hari ababifungiwe, abandi barirukanywe, abandi bakanengwa n’abaturage n’inzego z’ubuyobozi. Perezida Kagame yaboneyeho gusaba Kiliziya kwigira kuri ayo mateka mabi, ariko igaharanira kubaka ibiruta, irinda ko habaho gutinya kuvuga ukuri cyangwa gusiba amateka, ahubwo hagashyirwaho ingamba zo gutanga icyizere n’ubumwe.

Mu kiganiro yahaye The New Times mu kwezi gushize, Padiri Rafael Simbine Junior, Umunyamabanga Mukuru wa SECAM, yavuze ko uyu mwaka wihariye kuko uhuje abayobozi bo mu nzego zitandukanye mu rwego rwo kwigira hamwe ku mahame y’ukwemera n’ubumwe muri Afurika, by’umwihariko mu bihe by’akajagari ka politiki, intambara n’ubukene. Yagize ati: “Afurika ni umuryango, ariko ni umuryango uri mu makimbirane. Intambara n’amacakubiri bimaze gusenya icyizere cy’umuryango. Nk’Itorero, tugomba kwibaza uko twagira uruhare mu kuba abahuza n’abubaka amahoro.”

Yakomeje avuga ko amahoro Kristu atanga atari nk’ay’isi, ahubwo ari amahoro abera umutima uburuhukiro. Ibi byari bigamije gushimangira ko Itorero Gatolika rifite uruhare runini mu guhindura imyumvire y’abantu, kubibutsa ko ubumuntu, urukundo n’ubworoherane ari indangagaciro zikwiye gushingirwaho mu buzima bw’imiryango, sosiyete n’ibihugu.

Iyi nama ibaye ku nshuro ya 20, yagiye izenguruka ibihugu binyuranye, bitewe n’indimi zikoreshwa (Igifaransa, Icyongereza n’Igiporutigali), aho buri gihugu cyakira iyi nama bigendanye n’ubushobozi n’umwanya gifite. U Rwanda rwari rwagombaga kwakira iyi nama mu myaka yashize, ariko kubera kutabasha kwitegura ku gihe, byasubitswe.

Padiri Simbine yasobanuye ko abitabiriye iyi nama baturutse mu nama nkuru za gikirisitu (episcopal conferences) zigera kuri 37 ku mugabane wose wa Afurika. Uko buri tsinda rigira abagize rishingira ku bunini bwayo, aho nk’inama nkuru ifite diyosezi zigera kuri 250 yohereza umuyobozi wayo (Bishop President), undi musenyeri wungirije ndetse na padiri ushinzwe ubunyamabanga.

Mu ngingo nyamukuru ziri kuganirwaho muri iyi nama harimo inshingano za politiki z’Abakirisitu n’uruhare rw’Itorero muri sosiyete, imikoranire hagati y’amadini (interfaith dialogue), impinduka z’ikirere (climate change) n’uruhare rwa Kiliziya mu kubirwanya, ndetse no kumenya uko Itorero ryakorana neza n’Abakirisitu bari mu mimerere yihariye y’imibereho, harimo nko kuba mu miryango ya gipoligami.

Mu butumwa bwe, Perezida Kagame yashimangiye ko Abayobozi b’Itorero bafite amahirwe n’inshingano zidasanzwe mu gufasha Abanyafurika guhindura amateka mabi y’umugabane wabo, bagaharanira ko ibihe byiza biganza. Yashimangiye ko ubufatanye hagati ya Leta n’amadini bukwiye gushyirwa imbere mu guharanira amahoro, ubwiyunge n’iterambere rirambye.

U Rwanda nk’igihugu cyanyuze mu mateka akomeye, cyakiriye iyi nama nka kimwe mu byerekana uko rwasubiye mu murongo mwiza w’ubwiyunge n’iterambere. Ku bw’ibyo, Kiliziya Gatolika nayo irasabwa gukomeza kwiyubaka no kuba igikoresho cy’amahoro n’ubuzima bwiza bw’abantu bose, hatitawe ku moko, inkomoko cyangwa imibereho.