Being open to other people’s perspectives
There’ll be lots of talking at the upcoming Diocesan Assembly – of course! It’d be a dull event without conversation. But according to Pope Francis, the quality of our gathering will be determined by our capacity to listen to one another. In a major speech from 2015 he urged the world’s bishops to foster a listening church: “It’s a mutual listening in which everyone has something to learn…we are one in listening to others; and all are listening to the Holy Spirit.”
So, what should we listen for? And what will we learn?