The chants of this community, such as Jacques Berthier’s (“zhahk bare-tee-AY’s”) version of “Ubi Caritas,” are often sung by young adults making week-long visits to its Church of the Reconciliation. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this French ecumenical spiritual community. Although its founder Brother Roger came from a Swiss Protestant background, he was succeeded by the Catholic Brother Alois after being stabbed to death.
ANSWER: Taizé Community [or Communauté de Taizé]
[10m] This man expressed his “spiritual closeness” with the Taizé Community five years after Brother Roger’s murder. This man’s most famous work is God is Love, and he wrote a popular 1968 Introduction to Christianity.
ANSWER: Pope Benedict XVI [or Joseph Alois Ratzinger; or Benedictus XVI; prompt on Benedict or Benedictus]
[10e] Brother Roger of Taizé controversially received this sacrament from Pope John Paul II, despite never formally converting to Catholicism. This sacrament represents the blood and body of Christ.
ANSWER: Eucharist [or eucharistia; or Holy Communion; or the Lord’s Supper; or the Blessed Sacrament]
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