[xzins]

But she, with her silence, hid the mystery that she did not understand and with this silence allowed for this mystery to grow and blossom in hope."

What none of these writers has done is explain the above sentence. How does it fit in the paragraph of which it is a part?

I can't do anything for you on the "gay" part. It appears the pope might have bought into the idea of inate gayness. I think homosexuality is a behavior, and as such it is a choice.

[annalex]

What none of these writers has done is explain the above sentence

Because they are anti-Catholic bigots only interested in bashing pope Francis.