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 ...

When Lois Eells first attended a Taize worship service several years ago, she wasn't impressed. The services were held during the Christmas season at her church and the traditional chants or songs ...

Members of the Stone Church of Willow Glen hope that people of all walks of life can find comfort and reflection at its candlelit, meditative Taizé services. Candlelight and lanterns are traditional ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Taize, in the south of Burgundy, France, is the home of an international, ecumenical community founded there in 1941 by Brother Roger. The brothers of Taize make a life commitment to sharing all ...

Here in Krakow, where World Youth Day is in full swing, I have talked to dozens of pilgrims from around the world. Although many of them were in elementary school when St. John Paul II died, they ...

If Cass Davies can’t attend her monthly Taizé service, life doesn’t feel quite right. As soon as she steps into the church, lit with candles and filled with music, she feels tension slip away. An ...

The prior of Taizé has said that his community sees how young people are longing to meet together again in Christian fellowship as France and other European countries remain under strict lockdowns ...

For its 20th anniversary last week, the little monastery in the village of Taizé, just north of the medieval monachal center of Cluny, held a major celebration. All 45 of the brothers were on hand for ...

Brother Roger, one of the 20th century’s leading ecumenical figures, was stabbed to death by a woman during a service on Tuesday at the Taize community he founded in eastern France, local police said.