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  • Brother Roger of Taize -- Catholic, Protestant, what? [remained a Reformed Protestant to his death]

    08/26/2008 8:38:24 AM PDT · by Alex Murphy · 10 replies · 197+ views
    America - The National Catholic Weekly ^ | 2008-08-26 | Austen Ivereigh
    When Fr Roger Schutz, founder of the ecumenical monastic community at Taizé, in south-east France, attended the April 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II, he received Communion from Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. This raised a few eyebrows at the time -- Shutz was a Protestant pastor -- and gave rise to speculation that "Brother Roger", as he was always known, had secretly converted to Catholicism. This idea was supported by what subsequently came to light: that Schutz had repeatedly received Eucharistic communion from John Paul II and received the Eucharist every morning at the Catholic Mass in Taizé. The question...