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Brother Roger, Founder of Taizé

A way of reconciliation

11 April 2008

12 May 1915 – 16 August 2005: Homage to Brother Roger

Brother Alois, Brother Roger’s successor, wrote the following text as an introduction to the book Choose to Love (Presses de Taizé, 2006), published by the Taizé Community as an expression of its gratitude for the given life of its founder. Brother Roger’s departure leaves a great emptiness. We were deeply shaken by his tragic death. But at the same time, in the Community we lived through the period that followed with a profound thankfulness for all that he left us. These pages are an expression of this. This (...)

12 August 2006

Why Brother Roger died

In many messages we received in August 2005, people compared Brother Roger’s death to that of Martin Luther King, Archbishop Romero or Gandhi. And yet it cannot be denied that there was also a difference. Those men were engaged in a political and ideological struggle, and were assassinated by opponents who could not stand their viewpoint and their influence. Some would say that it is useless to seek an explanation for Brother Roger’s murder. Evil always resists explanation. A righteous man in the Old Testament said that he was hated “for no (...)

27 September 2011

Video: Brother Roger: A key word from my youth

To mark the 70th anniversary of Taizé and the 5th anniversary of Brother Roger’s death, an extract from unpublished video interviews with Brother Roger appeared on the Taizé web site each month in 2010. The series has continued into 2011. See other videos


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