Posted on 08/16/2005 10:02:00 PM PDT by HAL9000
Brother Roger, one of the 20th century's leading ecumenical figures, was stabbed to death by a woman during a service at the Taize community he founded in eastern France, local police said.Police said a woman stood up during a religious ceremony yesterday attended by about 2500 people and stabbed Brother Roger three times in the throat. The 90-year-old died immediately.
A 36-year-old Romanian woman was overpowered by worshippers and detained, police said.
Roger, a Protestant pastor from Switzerland, enjoyed great respect among religious leaders.
Organisers of the Catholic Church's World Youth Day in Germany said they were shocked at the killing.
"Brother Roger has always been closely attached to the Catholic Church," Heiner Koch, the secretary general of the event in Cologne, said. "We were all happy and grateful that he attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II."
Brother Roger founded the Taize monastic community in 1940 after leaving Switzerland at the age of 25 and buying a small house in the village of Taize, where he welcomed refugees fleeing World War II.
Today the Taize community is made up of more than a hundred brothers, including Catholics and Protestants, from more than 25 nations. The community sees itself as an effort to reconcile divided Christians and separated peoples.
Thousands of young people of both Catholic and Protestant faiths flock to the Taize community each year to meet and take part in communal prayer and song.
Many religious leaders have also visited the community, including Pope John Paul II, Archbishops of Canterbury, Orthodox metropolitans and pastors from all over the world.
What a horrible, tragic thing.
A very sad day
A 36-year-old Romanian woman was overpowered by worshippers and detained, police said.
I am sure that demonic little ***** (rhymes with itch) couldn't wait for the guy to die fast enough. I wish the worships could have overpower the ***** into a coma.
Now he is a mayter. (And he didn't even have to blow himself up)
Here's a link to the community web site:
http://www.taize.fr/en
The gorgeous Taize chants change lives. Our local prayer groups use them frequently.
What a terrible crime. But Brother Roger is in a better place tonight.
Like I keep telling folks- our true enemy is older than either Christianity or Islam. He has many names. This one has Possession written all over it.
What would be intersting to know is who this woman is and she did it. Just a freako?
Red6
Romanian Muslim?
Yes, Peter tells us "our enemy" goes about like a roaring lion seeking whomever he may devour.
Seems he's having some great successes these days. But although he may win battles here and there, the true victory and the final Word will be from God.
RIP Brother Roger. See ya soon!
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