08-19-2005, 06:27 PM
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http://www.newsnet5.com/news/4866295/detail.html
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Woman Slits Christian Leader's Throat During Prayer In France
Brother Roger Schutz Harbored Jews During Nazi Occupation
POSTED: 7:53 am EDT August 18, 2005
UPDATED: 8:04 am EDT August 18, 2005
PARIS -- The murder of Brother Roger, founder of the Taize Christian community in France, has drawn reactions of shock and grief from the pope and other religious leaders.
French police said a Romanian woman slipped into a choir of monks during Tuesday evening's prayer service and slit the throat of the 90-year-old cleric in front of 2,500 horrified pilgrims.
The 36-year-old woman had visited Taize in June and was considered psychologically fragile.
Pope Benedict XVI, who had received a letter from Brother Roger just hours earlier, deplored the "sad and terrifying news." Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams called it "an indescribable shock."
Brother Roger Schutz was born of a Swiss Protestant father and a French Catholic mother. He harbored Jewish refugees during the Nazi occupation of France, then built the Taize Community with a mission to reconcile all Christian denominations and promote dialogue and peace.
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