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Merhano
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Re: ATV: ብዕድመ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስትያን ኣስመራ ዝመጽኡ 3 ጳጳሳት ኢትዮጵያ ብስርዓት ኢሳይያስ ን 16 ሰዓታት ጅሆ ተታሒዞም ኣዲስ ኣበባ ተመሊሶም

Post by Merhano » 24 Feb 2020, 21:51

QB wrote:
24 Feb 2020, 20:55
Finally the paranoia is getting severe that the psychopath is defecating in his pants even at the sight of elderly priests! The next stage is to deny newborn babies entry in to the country.
PIA is so heroic he even walks on the streets of Asmara but if has a phobia to old priests. He is going to run away from his own shadow soon enough.


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Re: ATV: ብዕድመ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስትያን ኣስመራ ዝመጽኡ 3 ጳጳሳት ኢትዮጵያ ብስርዓት ኢሳይያስ ን 16 ሰዓታት ጅሆ ተታሒዞም ኣዲስ ኣበባ ተመሊሶም

Post by Meleket » 25 Feb 2020, 05:13


https://press.vatican.va/content/salast ... el_bd.html
‘ብዘመነ መደመር’ ወዲ ኣቦይ ደምረው፡ ካርዲናል ብርሃነየሱስ ደምረው ሱራፌል፡ ዘጋጠሞም ክትጸውዮ ‘ዘሕፍር’ ተግባር ሰሚዕናዮስ ሓዚንና! እቱይ ሓዋርያዊ ናይ ዮሃና መልእኽቶም በጪሁና ሰሚዕናዮ’ውን ተሓጕሽና። ፈጣሪ ንሕዝቢ ኤርትራን ንህዝቢ ኢትዮጵያን ዓዕዚዙ ይባርኽ።

ብምክንያት በዙይ ሕጂ ዘላቶ መልክዕ ካብ ትሕነጽ 50 ዓመት ኢዮቤላ ተብዕል ዛላ ካተድራል ርእሰአድባራት ኪዳነምሕረት አስመራ ንታሪኽ ዚስነድ ማሰ ክንብል’ዶ።

ኪዳነምሕረት ኣስመራ ሕጂ ተኳሒላ፣
ወቂባ ሎም ዘመን ኢዮቤላ ጸምቢላ፣
ዓይኑ ደም መሊኡ ሓሳድ ምስ ጕሒላ።

እቲ ናታ ፈልሲ ካብኣ ዝበቖለ፣
ኣብ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቓ ብሓቁ ዝልለ።

ጎርፋዕፋዕ ብምባል ኣብ ማእከል ኢጦብያ፣
ሰሲና ርኢናያ ኣመና ፈርያ።

ካርዲናል ኢጦብያ ምስቶም መሳርሕቶም፣
ክነግዱዋ ቢሎም ብጊሓት ነቒሎም፣
“ዘሕንኽ” ኢዩ ኢሎ’ሞ ክስተት ዘጋጠሞም!

እንተዀነ ግዳ ክሓልፍ ኢዩ ኩሉ፣
መኣስ እንተበልኩም፡ ሒዙዎ’ሎ’ ባዕሉ።

ክሓልፍ ኢዩ ኩሉ እንታይ ዘይሓለፈ፣
መድኃኔዓለም ባዕሉ ሓንሳብ ምስጸሓፈ።

ሓንዃል መንዃል ዘመን፡ ዘመን ጠዋይ፡ ገታር፣
ብፍቕሪ ብስኒት ሕድሕድ ምኽብባር ኪትካእ ኪሰዓር፣
ብኃይሊ ሰብ ዘይዀነስ ብኃይሊ እግዚአብሔር፣
ምዃኑ ኣሚንናስ ብመንፈስ ንጥመር፣
ደቂ ኣቡነ ኣብርሃ ደቂ ኪዳነምሕረት ዓው ኢልና ንምስክር!


ንሓቂ ምስ ገለጽና ንሓሶት ነሸቍርራ፣
ፍለጡና በሉ ንሕና ኢና ኤርትራ!
:mrgreen:

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Re: ATV: ብዕድመ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስትያን ኣስመራ ዝመጽኡ 3 ጳጳሳት ኢትዮጵያ ብስርዓት ኢሳይያስ ን 16 ሰዓታት ጅሆ ተታሒዞም ኣዲስ ኣበባ ተመሊሶም

Post by sebdoyeley » 25 Feb 2020, 06:30

QB wrote:
24 Feb 2020, 20:55
we don`t agame in our country wedi gahba tell your [deleted] mother too, the land of Eritrea is not agame zone :mrgreen:


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Re: ATV: ብዕድመ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስትያን ኣስመራ ዝመጽኡ 3 ጳጳሳት ኢትዮጵያ ብስርዓት ኢሳይያስ ን 16 ሰዓታት ጅሆ ተታሒዞም ኣዲስ ኣበባ ተመሊሶም

Post by experts » 25 Feb 2020, 15:20

አብይ አገራችንን ከፎቶ እነዚህን የናት ጡት ነካሾች ኤርትራውያን አገራችንን ሲያጥለቀልቁ እነሱ እንዲህ ግፍ ይስራሉ። ኤርትራውያን ከኢትዬጵያ ይውጡልን። አገር አላቸው እዛው እንደፈለጉ። እኛ ቦርደሩን ዘግተን እንዳትመጡበን ። መዥገር የሆኑ። ኢትዬጵያዊ አይደለንም ብለው ንቀው ጥለው ሄዱ አሁን አይናቸውን በደም አጥበው እድሜ ለአብይ ጅሉ እየገቡ ነው እንደገና ሊግጡን።

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Re: ATV: ብዕድመ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስትያን ኣስመራ ዝመጽኡ 3 ጳጳሳት ኢትዮጵያ ብስርዓት ኢሳይያስ ን 16 ሰዓታት ጅሆ ተታሒዞም ኣዲስ ኣበባ ተመሊሶም

Post by Temt » 25 Feb 2020, 15:33

experts wrote:
25 Feb 2020, 15:20
አብይ አገራችንን ከፎቶ እነዚህን የናት ጡት ነካሾች ኤርትራውያን አገራችንን ሲያጥለቀልቁ እነሱ እንዲህ ግፍ ይስራሉ። ኤርትራውያን ከኢትዬጵያ ይውጡልን። አገር አላቸው እዛው እንደፈለጉ። እኛ ቦርደሩን ዘግተን እንዳትመጡበን ። መዥገር የሆኑ። ኢትዬጵያዊ አይደለንም ብለው ንቀው ጥለው ሄዱ አሁን አይናቸውን በደም አጥበው እድሜ ለአብይ ጅሉ እየገቡ ነው እንደገና ሊግጡን።
Hey, ቆማል ዓጋመ፡ መን ኣዴኻ እዩ ዶብ ረጊጥዎ ዘሎ ወዲ ኮንትሮ ሙሮ፡ ኣራይ ኲዕንቲ፧ መን'ዩ፡ ኣብ ሓዊ ደኣ ተጠበሱ'ምበር፡ "ኣሕዋት ኢና" እንዳበልኩም ወግሐ ጸብሐ ጋኒን ከም ዝሓዞ ሰብ ክትግዕሩ ትውዕሉን ትሓድሩን ዘለኹም፧ ንሕና ዲና ደሊናኩም ወይስ እስኻትኩም ኣንታ በላዕ ሓርኢ፧ ያለኽባጥ ዑጉም ዋሒድ!


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Re: ATV: ብዕድመ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስትያን ኣስመራ ዝመጽኡ 3 ጳጳሳት ኢትዮጵያ ብስርዓት ኢሳይያስ ን 16 ሰዓታት ጅሆ ተታሒዞም ኣዲስ ኣበባ ተመሊሶም

Post by Meleket » 26 Feb 2020, 03:30

ቤተ ሊቀ ጳጳሳት ዘካቶሊካዊያን አዲስ አበባ
CURIA ARCHEPISCOPALS METROPOLITANA CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP’S HOUSE

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Date 12.2.2020 Ref; ADAA/026/20

GOLDEN JUBILEE OF KIDANEMEHERET CATHEDRAL OF ASMARA

Your Grace Archbishop Mengisteab, MCCJ,
All the clergy, religious men and women and
The lay faithful of the Archeparchy of Asmara,

God has made wonders for his people in the Archeparchy of Asmara through the evangelization work of the Catholic Cathedral Church of Kidanemehret for the last 50 years and we thank God together with you. We are delighted to be part of this celebration of the 50 years service of the Catholic Church of Kidanemehret to the salvation of souls and conversion of sinners. Many have received the light of faith and received sacraments and Our Lady served her children as a mother. The church served as refuge for many who suffered personal or communitarian challenges.

It is a joy and privilege for me as Archbishop of Addis Ababa and Chairman of the Catholic Hierarchs of Ethiopia and President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Ethiopia (CBCE) to be part of this celebration to mark the 50th Anniversary of the solemn dedication of this magnificent Cathedral of Kidanemehret which witnesses the presence of God in the midst of the city of Asmara and the people. I bring you the congratulations and best wishes of the Catholics of Addis Ababa and of Ethiopia who hold the people and the country in our hearts with great affection, esteem and solidarity. The Catholic Church in Eritrea and Ethiopia have been walking together in witnessing the love of God to his people and will continue to walk as we are one Church. We have shared together the pains, the joys, and the anxieties of our people and through this we have continued to witness the love of God and that God never abandons his people. God has opened a new future for us and we will pray that this future which is opened for the fraternal solidarity between the Catholic Church in Ethiopia and Eritrea is sustainable and long-lasting.

We are grateful to God for his graces bestowed upon us and upon all those who have dedicated their lives to the Catholic Church in Archeparchy of Asmara and we remember all those who have labored for the mission of the Church and are now in heaven.

May God bless the People of Eritrea and Ethiopia and may our Mother Kidanemehret keep us safe from every evil through her intercession.


Cardinal Berhaneyesus D.Souraphiel CM
Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Abeba
Chairman: Council of Hierarchs of Ethiopia,
President of CBCE



Meleket
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Re: ATV: ብዕድመ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስትያን ኣስመራ ዝመጽኡ 3 ጳጳሳት ኢትዮጵያ ብስርዓት ኢሳይያስ ን 16 ሰዓታት ጅሆ ተታሒዞም ኣዲስ ኣበባ ተመሊሶም

Post by Meleket » 26 Feb 2020, 08:11



በሐ በልዋ፣ ተሳለምዋ፣ ዕግትዋ ለጽዮን ወሕቀፍዋ ደዩ ልበክሙ ውስተ ኃይላ፣ እንተ ተሓንጸት በስሙ ወተቀደሰት በደሙ፣ ወተዐትበት በዕፀ መስቀሉ፣ ጊሡ ኃቤሃ እስመ ኃይለ እግዚኣብሔር ላዕሌሃ። (ዚቅ፡ ዘሕንጼሃ ለቤተክርስትያን)

ዚቅ ናይ በዓል ሕንጸታ ንቤተክርስትያን፡ “ሰላም በልዋ፣ ተሳለምዋ፣ ንጽዮን ክበብዋን ሕቖፍዋን፡ ኣብ ኃይላ ልብኹም ኣንብሩ ብስሙ ዝተሓንጸት ብደሙ ዝተቀደሰት፣ ብዕንጸይቲ መስቀሉ ዝተዓትበትን፣ ኃይሊ እግዚአብሔር ኣብኣ እዩ ዘሎ እሞ ናብኣ ተጎዓዙ” ብምባል ንቤተክርስትያንን ንኖና ኪዳነ ምሕረትን ብዘስምዕ መዝሙር ሕይወትና ከነሓድስ ይዕድመና።


ግበሩ በዓለ በትፍስሕት

ክቡራን ካህናት፣ ፍቁራት ኣብ ኣፍሪቃን ኤውሮጳን ኣመሪካን ማእከላይ ምብራቕን ኣውስትራልያን ኒዩ ዘላንድን እትርከቡ ካቶሊካውያን ምእመናን።

ኣቐዲመ ኣብ ዘሎኩም ኣሊኹም ምስ ቅዱስ ጳውሎስ ኮይነ፣ “ካብ እግዚኣብሔር ኣቦናን ካብ ጐይታና ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ጸጋን ሰላምን ንኣኻትኩም ይኹን” (ሮማ 1:2) ብምባል ልባዊ ሰላምታይ ኣቕርበልኩም። ብምቕጻል ከኣ ብዕለት 24 የካቲት 2020 ዓመታዊ ክብረ በዓል ኣዴና ኪዳነ ምሕረትን ወርቃዊ ሕንጻ ቤተክርስትያን ርእሰ አድባራት ኪዳነ ምሕረት ኣሥመራን ነብዕል ስለዘሎና ዝኸኣለ ብግንባር ዘይከኣለ ከኣ ብመንፈስ ምሳና ኃቢርኩም ንእግዚአብሔር ከተመስግኑ ንኣዴና ኪዳነ ምሕረት ክትውድሱ ብስም መላእ ርእሰ-ኤጳርቅና ኣሥመራ ንዕድመኩም።

ስራሕ ጽገና ሕንጻ ቤተክርስትያን ርእሰ አድባራት ብናይ ኩልና ጸሎትን ምትሕብባርን እዩ ክፍጸም ተኻኢሉ። ኣብ ወጻኢ ዘሎኹም ብዝከኣለኩም ተሓባቢርኩም ኢኹም። እቶም ዘይፈለጥኩም ወይ ዘይከኣልኩም እውን ከምቲ ኣብ ጊዜ ቅዳሴ እንብሎ፡ “ብዙኅ ኮነ ውሑድ፡ ኅቡእ ኮነ ግሁድ መባእ ዘምጽኡን፡ ነቶም ኪህቡ ዚደልዩ ግን ዚወሃብ ዘይብሎምን፡ ሀረርታኦም ቅቡል ኪኸውን ንተኃዝ ኩሉ እግዚአብሔር ኣቦ ጐይታና ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ንለምን” ዝብል ጸሎት ከምእነዕርግ ነረጋግጸልኩም።

ስራሕ ሕደሳ ርእሰ አድባራት ዳርጋ ኩሉ ኣብ ውሽጢ ሃገርን ኣብ ወጻእን ብዝርከቡ ካቶሊካውያን ምእመናን እዩ ተሳሊጡ ክብል ከሎኹ ዓብይ ሓጐስ ይስምዓኒ። ካብ ረስዓ ደኣ የድሕነኒ እምበር፡ እተን ይብዛኅ ይውሓድ ብቀጥታ ዘበርከታ ከተማታት ወይ ሃገራት እዘን ዝስዕባ እየን፡ ሮማ፡ ስዊዘርላንድ፡ ሆላንድ፡ በልጁም፡ ሎንዶን፡ በርሚንግሃም፡ ሊድስ፡ ሰፊልድ፡ ኖቲንግሃም፡ ፍራንክፎርት፡ ስቶክሆልም፡ ኦስሎ፡ እስራኤል፡ ካይሮ፡ ካምፓላ፡ ዋሽንግቶን፡ ኣትላንታ፡ ዳላስ፡ ሎስ ኣንጀለስ፡ ኦክላንድ፡ ሲያትል፡ ላስ ቪጋስ፡ ፊንክስ፡ ደንቨር፡ ቶሮንቶ። ብዙኃት ውልቀ ሰባትን ስድራቤታትን ከኣ ዘዝዓቕሞም ዘወፈዩ ኣለው። ኣብዚ ስራሕ እዚ፡ እምነት፣ ጽቡቕ ድላይ፣ ኅብረት፣ እንተሎ፣ ክንደይ ዓብይ ቍምነገር ክግበር ከምዝከአል ተራእዩ እዩ። ንኹልኩም ባዕላ ኪዳነ ምሕረት ኣዴና ትቀበለልኩም ኣኻዕቢታ ከኣ ተሃብኩም እናበልና ንምርቐኩም።

ምስ ብዙኅ ሰላምታን ቡራኬን
ኣቡነ መንግሥተኣብ ተስፋማርያም
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Post by Meleket » 27 Feb 2020, 11:32

የአሥመራ ኤጳርቅናው ኣባ ኃይለ ጳውሎስ በትግርኛ ጀምረው በግእዝ ካሳረጉት ግጥም ለእናታችን ለኪዳነ ምሕረት ክብር ቀንጨብ አድርገን እንጋራ እስኪ!

....
ናብ ግእዝ’ዶ ኪንሰግር ናብቲ ቋንቋ ቀደም፣
ኣቦ ኩሎም ቋንቋታትና ልዕሊ ኩሉ ገዲም፣
ሓው ሴማውያን ልሳናት ቋንቋ ሔዋን ኣዳም፣
ሸለል ኣይንበሎ ነጽናዓዮ ሃየ ንቀዳደም፣
ኣብ ሓንጎልና ኪኣቱ ኪሰርጽ ኣብ ሱር ደም።

ይእዜሰ ናሁ ናብዕል እዩቤል፣
ዘበ ትርጓሜሁ ብሂል ኣቅርንት ዘወይጠል፣
ዘይትነፋሕ በበ50 ዓም፡ ወመዋዕል፣
ዜና ሰናይ ውእቱ ኣዕጽምተ ያጤልል፣
የደልዎ ኣሜን ኣሜን ንበል።

ንትፌሳሕ በዛቲ ዕለት ወንትዋነይ ተውኔተ፣
በዘአልባቢነ ትንቢት ረከበ ተፍጻሜተ፣
ዛቲ ዕለት ትኩነነ ዘለለዓመቱ ቅድስተ፣
እምድህረ ሓለፈ መዋዕል 50 ክራማተ፣
እምዘሳረርዋ ሊቃውንት ዓበይተ፣
ተሰርገወት ሥርጉት ግርማ ወለብሰት ሜላተ፣
እስመ እምዲበ ቆማ ርስሐት ኣእተተ።

ተፈስሒ እምነ ወቅንቲ ሓቌኪ፣
እስመ ተሓደሰት ቤተ እፍራታ ቤትኪ፣
ሕቡረ ይትፌስሑ ኩሎም ደቂቅኪ፣
ምስለ ኩሎሙ እለ ይጼውዑ ስመኪ፣
ያስተርእዩ ዘውስተ ልቦሙ ዕበየ ፍቅርኪ።

ኣዋልዲሃኒ ተፈሥሐ የብቦ የብባ፣
በዕለተ መርዓሃ ለእምክን በዕለተ ከብካባ፣
በዘተሰርገወት ወኮነት ለመክብብ መክብባ፣
እስለ ሐልፋ እላንቱ መዋዕል ዘዓጸባ፣
ወሕያዋን ይቅረቡ ውስተ መርሕባ፣
ወነፍሳተ ሙታን ዕረፍተ ይርከባ።

ወንሕነኒ ናዕብያ ኩለና ወንበላ በሐ፣
ለእንተ ኣሓቲ ለእማ ኣልቦ ዘከማሃ፣
ንትመሃለል እንዘ ንዓይል ታሕተ ክነፊሃ፣
ከመ ኢይምሰጠነ ተኵላ ዘያርሕቅ እምኔሃ፣
ዳእሙ ይዕቀበነ ለለዓመት ኣሜሃ።

እለ ወሃብክሙ ንዋየ ለሕንጸት ዝንቱ ቤት፣
ንዋየክሙ ሓደሰ ዘእመ ኵልነ ቤት፣
ተፈስሑ ርኢክሙ ዘከመ እፎ ኮነት፣
ይትባረክ ንዋየክሙ ዘገዳመ ወዘቤት፣
ይትወከፍ ምጽዋተክሙ ከመ ጸሪቅ ዘመበለት፣
ይዕቀብክሙ ይዕቀበነ በሰላም ለለዓመት።
ኣሜን!!

ኣባ ኃይለ ጳውሎስ
ካብ ኤጳርቅና ኣሥመራ

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Post by Meleket » 28 Feb 2020, 09:54

ርእሰ ሊቃነ ጳጳሳት ፍራንሲስ በጸሓፌ ትእዛዛቸው በኩል፡ ሰንሰለቱን ተከትሎ፡ በአሥመራው የርእሰ አድባራት ኪዳነምህረት 50ኛ ኢዩቤልዩ ምክንያት ምን መልእክት አስተላለፉ፡ እነሆ!

APOSTOLIC NUNCIATURE IN ERITREA
N. 107/2020
Khartoum, 16th January 2020

Your Excellency,
It is my honor to forward to you the following message:

The Most Reverend
Menghesteab Tesfamariam
Archbishop of Asmara

His Holiness Pope Francis was pleased to learn of the celebrations marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Cathedral of Asmara, to be held on 24 February 2020, and he sends cordial greetings to you and to all the priests, religious and lay faithful of the Archeparchy on this important occasion. As the faithful reflect on the legacy of faith, worship and Christian witness symbolized by the Cathedral, His Holiness encourages them to renew their commitment to be “like living stones … built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ” (1 Pet 2-5), spreading the Good News, “not only with words, but above all by lives transfigured by God’s presence” (Evangeli Gaudium, 259). With these sentiments, the holy Father gladly impart his Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of joy and peace in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin
Secretary of State


With my cordial greetings and best wishes, I remain
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Don Ante Vidovic
Charge d’ Affaires, a.i.

…………….
His Excellency
Mons. MENGHESTEAB TESFAMARIAM M.C.C.J
Metropolitan Archbishop of Asmara
ASMARA

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Post by Meleket » 04 Mar 2020, 12:00

Eritrean Church protests handling of Cardinal Berhaneyesus

The Eritrean Catholic Church has sought an explanation from the National Office for Religious Affairs on the Government’s refusal to allow Ethiopian Cardinal Berhaneyesus and his delegation entry into the country on 22 February 2020.

English Africa Service – Vatican City

Ethiopia’s Archbishop of Addis Ababa, Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, in the company of Abune Mussiè Ghebreghiorghis Uqbu, the Bishop of Emdeber Eparchy (Guraghe) and Abba Teshome Fikre Weldetensaè, the General Secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia were on 22 February left stranded at the airport of Asmara when authorities refused them entry into the city.
In a letter signed by Abba Tesfaghiorghis Kiflom, the General Secretary of the Eritrean Bishops Conference, the Church is now seeking answers from the Eritrean Government.

Eritrean Church’s deep regret
“On 22 February 2020, on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee and Patronal feast of the Cathedral Church of Kidanemhret, the Seat of the Metropolitan Archbishop, in Asmara, our illustrious (Ethiopian) guests -His Eminence Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Suraphiel, His Excellence Abune Mussiè Ghebreghiorghis Uqbu, Bishop of Emdeber (Guraghe), and the (Very) Reverend Abba Teshome Fikre Weldetensaè, General Secretary of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Ethiopia - upon arrival at the airport of Asmara for the celebrations mentioned above, were denied permission to enter our capital city. We, hereby, wish to express our deep regret for this most unfortunate incident, whose reasons we have, so far, no means of comprehending,” reads the letter made available to Vatican News.

In an earlier statement, Abba Teshome Fikre Weldetensaè, Ethiopia’s General Secretary, explained their ordeal in Asmara.
“After arriving at the National Airport of Asmara, the delegation went through all the requirements and confirmed with the issuance (of an) On Arrival Visa for one month,” explained Abba Teshome.

Before they could exit, airport security officials informed them that ‘higher authorities’ had forbidden entry into Eritrea.

Cardinal and delegation stayed the night at the airport
The Eritrean Church says it is dismayed that the Cardinal and his delegation were made to spend the night at the airport of Asmara.
“Now we are coming to you with the present letter to state that we still remain in the dark as to the reasons of the facts that have sadly occurred on 22 February at the International Airport of Asmara. At the same time, we reiterate that the eminent ecclesiastical personalities involved were our most distinguished guests, we would like to state our considerable reservation on the whole regretful subject. As we have come to understand, our Ethiopian guests had received the entry permit stamped in their passports, valid for one month. This notwithstanding (and) most disconcerting for us, as Eritreans, they were made to wait at the airport of Asmara from Saturday, 22 February, 5.15 pm to Sunday 23 February 2020, 12.00 noon, to eventually return home right from the airport,” reads Abba Tesfaghiorghis’ letter.

Cardinal Berhaneyesus asks the faithful to pray for both countries
For his part, Cardinal Berhaneyesus is said to have narrated his experience to the Catholic faithful at Kebenna Kidanemehret Parish Church in Addis Ababa. He asked parishioners to pray “for both of our Churches and the two sister-countries.”

Church-State relations at an all-time low
Although the Catholic Church is one of four Churches officially recognised by the Eritrean Government, relations between the State and Churches are at an all-time low.

Last year, saw the Eritrean Government unilaterally seize seven schools belonging to Catholics, Muslims, and the Lutheran Church. The Government also confiscated all Catholic health facilities and in some cases including convents situated on hospital grounds.

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ጭውነት ዝመልዖ ስልጡን ሕቶ ብመገዲ ኣባ ጆርጆ፣ መታን ምሉእ ታሪኽ ንወለዶታት ኪስነድ፣ መልሲ መንግስትና ምስ ተረኽበ ድማ ክነስዕብ ኢና። :mrgreen:

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