Vatican Installs “Listening Space” In St. Peter’s Basilica

St. Peter’s Basilica recently inaugurated a
“The Holy Door, opened in its time, inspired us to open ‘another door’ in St. Peter’s Basilica and create a space for listening,” explained Monsignor Orazio Pepe , secretary of the Fabric of St. Peter, the institution in charge of the maintenance and management of the Vatican basilica.“It is an open space, an opportunity for encounter, a place where one brother—a priest, a nun, a layperson—listens to another brother in humanity,” he added.
Monsignor Pepe pointed out that the
“The person listening does not replace the confessor who administers the sacrament of reconciliation,” he explained. “It is simply a pause that allows one to speak and confront one’s own thoughts with someone willing to listen.”
The prelate stressed that the purpose is to help free the heart “from the burden, the pain and the doubts that life entails.”
According to AICA , the secretary of the Fabric of St. Peter emphasized that this space can also have an impact …