{"id":81234,"date":"2025-09-27T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/?p=81234"},"modified":"2025-09-27T10:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T08:26:11","slug":"listening-room-opens-in-the-vatican-for-all-visitors-regardless-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2025\/09\/27\/listening-room-opens-in-the-vatican-for-all-visitors-regardless-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cListening room\u201d opens in the Vatican for all visitors, regardless of faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>A rather uncommon initiative has been inaugurated in the Vatican for a listening room to be built inside St. Peter\u2019s Basilica.<br><br>The goal is to offer a space where pilgrims, tourists, and even people far from the faith can express their doubts, concerns, and spiritual questions.<br><br><br>This is how the Secretary of the Fabric of Saint Peter, Monsignor Orazio Pepe, explained it in an interview with media from the basilica.<br><br><strong>MONS. ORAZIO PEPE<\/strong><br><em>Secretary, Fabric of Saint Peter<\/em><br><em>It\u2019s a place where people can come to be heard. There\u2019s a religious brother, a religious sister, and people generally come to express what they carry inside. And it\u2019s open to everyone: pilgrims, people of other religions, even those who no longer believe or are struggling in their life of faith.<br><br>Mons. <\/em>Orazio also admits that it\u2019s a place with a special kind of magic\u2014a unique service that focuses solely on listening to those who enter, often stirring up deep emotions and even a few tears.<br><br><br>M<strong>ONS. ORAZIO PEPE<\/strong><br><em>Secretary, Fabric of Saint Peter<\/em><br><em>Many people struggle to be heard, to feel accepted, because we\u2019re all a bit rushed and don\u2019t make time for others. So this listening point is dedicated to those who wish to be listened to.<br><br><\/em>This is not a confessional, but rather a different kind of service. It's open to non-Catholics or those who no longer practice their faith. The project is part of the Catholic Church\u2019s <strong>Holy Year<\/strong> and aims to be a sign of openness and closeness. <br><br><strong>BAM<\/strong> Trans. CRT<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rather uncommon initiative has been inaugurated in the Vatican for a listening room to be built inside St. Peter\u2019s Basilica. The goal is to offer a space where pilgrims, tourists, and even people far from the faith can express their doubts, concerns, and spiritual questions. This is how the Secretary of the Fabric of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":81235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ygj-8IA_2RQ","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsalaascoltoeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsalaascoltoint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81234"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81234"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81238,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81234\/revisions\/81238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}