Interview with Cardinal Kasper three years after the death of Brother Roger

Three years ago, August 16, 2005, during evening prayer, Brother Roger, founder and prior of the Taizé Community, was assassinated by a deranged woman. He had recently celebrated his ninetieth birthday. The president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity recalls that figure in this interview for L’Osservatore Romano of August 15, 2008. The monk, symbol of spiritual ecumenism Three years have passed since the tragic death of Brother Roger, the founder of Taizé. You yourself went to preside at his funeral service. Who was he for you? The death of Brother Roger moved me deeply. I was in Cologne for World Youth Day when we heard about the death of Brother Roger, the victim of an act of violence. His death reminded me of the words the prophet Isaiah spoke about the Servant of the Lord: “Ill-treated and... [read full story]