Silence - a hallmark of Pope’s Lenten retreat

(March 03.2012) A top Vatican official has remarked that silence was the hallmark of the papal retreat, which concluded Saturday. Jesuit father Federico Lombardi, head of Vatican’s Press office reminded his readers that at the World Social Communications Day, the Pope had spoken of Silence which gives the opportunity of listening to others and to God. Silence helps us to sort out the meaningful messages from among the medley of messages that flood our lives daily, but are useless and superficial. He said this in his weekly editorial called “Octava Dies”, the eighth day.