Some 70 religious brothers from all over the world are kneeling in long rows at the heart of the Church of Reconciliation, their white robes touching the ground. They sing softly, their masked voices ...
The brothers of the ecumenical Taize community said they have received five reports of sexual assaults on minors committed by three of their members in a period from the 1950s to the 1980s. All of the ...
The Taizé community is an ecumenical monastic order with a strong devotion to peace and justice through prayer and meditation. The Taizé community is an ecumenical monastic order with a strong ...
After 18 years as head of the Ecumenical Monastic Community Taizé, Brother Alois Loeser has chosen a successor. According to the community, after consulting other brothers, the French Catholic has ...
CHICAGO — Every year, some 100,000 pilgrims trek to the Taize ecumenical community in France where the biggest attraction is the music, a throwback — way, way back, about 1,500 years or so — to ...
Imagine the scene. Silence. Church lights dim. On the altar table and the floor and steps around it, dozens of candles flicker, some atop pillars of pink and purple, the Advent colors. In pews, 50 or ...
Pope Francis shakes hands with Brother Alois Loeser, former prior of the Taizé ecumenical community in France, during a private audience at the Vatican. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano) “Todos, todos, ...
A worshipper adds to the collection of candles during the monthly Taize service held at Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. Judith Galas, left, lights Erik Floor’s candle during the service. The ...
The stabbing of a 90-year-old monk would be extraordinary at any time. But Brother Roger, the founder of Taize who was killed on Tuesday, leaves a legacy which is felt in churches all over the world.
About 10,000 people attended the funeral of Brother Roger Schutz on Tuesday 150; one week after the 90-year-old ecumenical leader was stabbed to death by a Romanian woman while celebrating mass ...
Brother Alois Leser, prior of the Taize ecumenical community in France, is pictured before an encounter at the World Council of Churches’ ecumenical center in Geneva in this June 21, 2018, file photo.
Every year, about 100,000 pilgrims trek to the Taize community's headquarters in France. (RNS/Courtesy Taize Media) CHICAGO-- Every year, about 100,000 pilgrims trek to the Taize ecumenical community ...