On Pope Francis' Advice to Practice Listening

")n September 26, 2022, Pope Francis received in audience a group of women religious from 34 countries, the Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of the Holy Family, in Rome for their general chapter. The Pope spoke with them about the art of listening, based on the theme of their meetings.

"'It is nice, this thing of sending the tongue on holiday and devoting oneself to listening,' he said, bringing laughter from the sisters, 'that you work more on hearing than on speaking.'"

Writer Kathleen N. Hattrup, Church and Spirituality Editor for Aleteia English, reflected on how, according to Pope Francis, our world is full of noise and on the importance of "seek[ing] out silence, [detaching] ourselves from the world, from noise."

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Aleteia: Kathleen N. Hattrup: Send your tongue on vacation and practice listening: Pope's advice (27 SEP 22)