(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met with students and Staff from "Gauken Bunri Seibu Junior High School, in Tokyo Japan. Speaking to the Japanese students in the Courtyard of St Damaso in the Vatican, Pope Francis underlined the importance of discussion and dialogue as a means of bringing about understanding and peace.The Pope told the students that we can never grow culturally if we are isolated. Instead, he said if we go out and discover other cultures, other ways of thinking and other religions, we emerge from ourselves and “begin the beautiful adventure that is called dialogue.”
Dialogue, stressed Pope Francis is very important because in relation to other cultures and religions, it matures and grows.
But closed minds, continued the Pope can generate misunderstandings and quarrels. All the wars, and problems that are not resolved, happen because of a lack of dialogue.
The Holy Father, said that meekness was an important attribute in dialogue because one listens first and then speaks.
“This is the dialogue that makes peace”, he said.
A Japanese student then thanked the Pope and said the students would put into practice the words they had heard from him.
The meeting concluded with the students singing the anthem of their school.
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