Imagine the scene. Silence. Church lights dim. On the altar table and the floor and steps around it, dozens of candles flicker, some atop pillars of pink and purple, the Advent colors. In pews, 50 or ...

Pope Francis called on the young people to live in the present and to not “sacrifice your precious youth on the altar of superficial pleasures.” A prayer meeting organized by the Taizé community.

France has benefited the world in every area of human discovery and invention: the metric system, baguettes, the bikini and aspirin, to name a few. And in the world of spirituality, there is Taize. A ...