The Archbishop of Dublin today paid tribute to the founder of the Taize ecumenical religious community in France who was stabbed to death during a prayer service.
Brother Roger founded the Taize community in eastern France in World War II for people of all religions and tens of thousands visit each year.
The 90-year-old was stabbed during a prayer service attended by 2,500 people at the Reconciliation Church in the settlement yesterday.
Today Archbishop John Neill paid tribute to Brother Roger for his profound contribution to ecumenism. "Brother Roger personally, and through the community which he founded, made a profound contribution to the Ecumenical movement through a place of prayer and of worship to which millions have been drawn, young and old, Christian and non-Christian alike.
"In that holy place, lives have been touched and Christ has been found. "May he rejoice today in the presence of the Christ whom he so faithfully served," Dr Neill said.