Papa Léon 14 yakiriye abagize umuryango (Fraternité) wa Musenyeri Courtney kuri uyu wa gatatu itariki 22 Gitugutu 2025. Kugira abashimire, yababwiye ati: « Mugume mufise icizere c’isi nziza, kandi mwemere ko, mu gufatana na Kristu, ibikorwa vyanyu bizovamwo ivyiza kandi bizohabwa ingororano. »
Ninde Musenyeri Michael Courtney?
Yatowe kuba umusaseredoti muri 1968, yatanguye ari umupadiri wa paroisse mu ntara yavukiyemwo, inyuma yasubiye i Roma mu 1976 kwiga amashure yisumbuye, aronka impamyabumenyi y’icemezo mu mategeko ya kiliziya hamwe n’impamyabumenyi y’ikirenga mu nyigisho z’imico yiza. Haciye igihe yinjiye muri Académie pontificale ecclésiastique. Michael Courtney yagenywe kuba Nonce apostolique i Bujumbura (Burundi) mu kwezi kwa Myandagaro 2000.
Yakomerekejwe n’amasasu ku mutwe, ku rutugu no ku kuguru, apfira mu gutakaza amaraso menshi igihe bariko baramuvura mu bitaro Prince Louis Rwagasore i Bujumbura. Ku wa 29 Kigarama 2003, abagizi ba nabi barashe imodoka yiwe hafi ya Minago, ku birometero 48 mu bumanuko bwa ca murwa mukuru.
Ariko nubwo biruko, « igihe hakiri ubuzima, haracari ubuzima. »
Papa Léon yashimiye abagize uwo muryango, bavuye mu Burundi, abakira itariki 22 Gitugutu 2025, i Vatican : « Muraha iteka urwibutso rwa Musenyeri Courtney yitangiye ibikorwa vyiza, kandi yatanze ubuzima bwiwe kugira amahoro aboneke mu gihugu canyu », yababwiye. « Muri, ku bw’urwibutso rwiwe, umuryango wegereye Papa mu Burundi, uri mu bikorwa vy’ugufasha abakene hamwe n’aboro mw’izina rya Kristu. » « Ibikorwa vyanyu vya buri musi vyo gufasha abakene, hamwe n’izindi ngendo nyinshi, ni ubutumwa bukomeye ku rusengero rwo mu gihugu canyu », yongeyeho Papa.
Papa yashimiye kandi uruhara rwuwo muryango mu kwubaka ikirindiro i Minago – ahabereye kwicwa kwa Musenyeri Michael Aidan Courtney – hamwe no kugira uruhara mu mugambi wo kwubaka ikigo c’amagara y’abantu. Ku bw’Umwepiskopi mukuru wa Roma, ibikorwa vya buri musi vyo gufasha aboro, hamwe n’izindi ngendo nyinshi, « ni ubutumwa bukomeye ku rusengero rwo mu Burundi ».
