EUROPE AND YOUTH: FRÈRE ALOIS (TAIZÉ), "MAY YOUR COMMITMENT NEVER BE SEPARATED FROM FAITH"

” “"It is urgent to find ways, even if narrow and difficult, to pull down walls and borders and bring the peoples of Europe closer together". Frère Alois, the leader of the ecumenical fraternity of Taizé after frère Roger’s death, exhorted the young who work with and for the European bodies that today are attending in Brussels a meeting promoted by Comece, the Commission of the EU Bishops Conferences, named: "Your life is important for Europe". "Reconciliation, unity and peace": the keywords of this path, which, according to frère Alois, Christians "are personally engaged to". "If we do believe in God – he said –, we must be the first to make peace with each other through a pilgrimage of faith. Christians cannot live separated. Your commitment within the European bodies – he concluded – should not be separated from a life of deep faith". ” “