On the eve of a three-day spiritual retreat for participants in the assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis prayed that members of the church may embrace silence to listen to the voice of God and one another.
"Silence, in the ecclesial
Benedictine Father J. Augustine Wetta writes about an Advent retreat he was giving three years ago at a parish in Washington state. During his talk, a homeless man burst through the doors of the church, strolled down the center aisle and plopped