text: "We are called to promote a culture of dialogue by every possible means and thus to rebuild the fabric of society."  
  
  I agree.  Pope Francis then goes on to talk about "the foreigner, the immigrant and people from different cultures as worthy of being listened to."  And he is quite right.  
  
  But there is also the laity and women and LGBTQI people. When will the Church build structures that enable the hierarchy to listen to those who are outside their own closed circle?  When will they get the courage to establish lay councils and open themselves to really listening to the lived experiences of those who are right there in front of them  
  
  Sometimes the stranger is not someone from far away, but someone sitting right in front of you, who's story is also worthy of being listened to.   Your might learn a thing or two, bishops, if you listened to those right in your own community.