A Listening Church
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Communications and collegiality in the age of Francis
LENDING
AN EAR. Pope Francis listens to a woman while greeting the disabled
during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on
March 11.
How
does the center of institutional authority—in the Catholic Church, the
papacy and the Vatican—allow dialogue within a global, decentralized,
talk-back culture? The answer is: with great difficulty.
Pope Francis’ open and friendly
communication style has stirred interest globally, especially among
communication-study specialists. Much attention has been focused on his
personal style in communications, but he is also developing and
implementing a new style of communications within the church itself.
When the pope urged candid discussions at the recent assemblies of the
Synod of Bishops on the family, it was interesting to see how this
worked and where it proved challenging among church leaders.
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