After a tour of monasteries, Sarah Sands learns to enjoy the silence – until she has to talk about it

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The Pope recommended that priests observe the brief silence before the opening prayer of Mass

The Eucharist is 'the highest, most sublime' way of encountering God's love, Pope Francis said

The film maker said the film was part of a journey 'to get to know Jesus better'

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Silence received only one nomination for this year's Academy Awards

Critics have reduced Silence to a missile in the culture wars. It's so much more than that