Taizé’s False Ecumenism: Betrayal of Catholic Truth for Humanistic Unity
The EWTN News portal reports on 15,000 youths gathering in Paris for the Taizé Community’s ecumenical event, described as a “pilgrimage” involving “young Catholics and other fellow Christians from various traditions.” The article emphasizes communal prayer, testimonies of hope, and workshops facilitated by nearly 60 Taizé brothers, with Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I endorsing the gathering as forming “young peace builders.” Brother Mathew Thorpe calls participants to “break free from our algorithms” and become “pilgrims of peace and hope,” while Brother Alois claims the event helps “understand the Gospel” and shows “something that unites us in Europe.”
Naturalism Displacing Supernatural Faith
The event reduces Christianity to horizontal human fellowship, omitting any mention of the necessity of the true faith for salvation (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus). Pope Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors condemns the notion that “man may, in the observance of any religion whatever, find the way of eternal salvation” (Proposition 16). Yet this gathering implicitly endorses religious indifferentism by treating all “traditions” as equally valid paths. The psychological support center at Notre-Dame de l’Arche d’Alliance church exemplifies the substitution of sacramental grace with naturalistic therapy – a modernist ploy to replace Confession with secular counseling.
Ecumenical Apostasy Against Divine Revelation
Patriarch Bartholomew’s message urging youths to become “witnesses of a humble faith” constitutes blasphemous inversion of Catholic ecclesiology. The First Vatican Council infallibly declared that the Roman Pontiff possesses “full and supreme power of jurisdiction over the whole Church” (Pastor Aeternus). Eastern Orthodox bodies remain in schism, as Pope Leo XIII affirmed: “The East […] must return to communion with the Apostolic See” (Praeclara Gratulationis, 1894). The article’s celebration of intercommunion violates Pope Pius XI’s condemnation of ecumenism: “The Apostolic See cannot on any terms take part in their assemblies, nor is it anyway lawful for Catholics […] to support such enterprises” (Mortalium Animos, 1928).
Subversion of Christ’s Social Kingship
Brother Alois’ claim that Christians demonstrate European unity directly contradicts Pope Pius XI’s teaching: “The empire of our Redeemer embraces all men […] nations will not enjoy peace […] until they recognize the empire of our Divine Savior” (Quas Primas, 1925). The event’s focus on human solidarity while ignoring the Social Reign of Christ the King constitutes apostasy from the Church’s mission. No mention is made of the immutable duty of states to submit to Roman Catholic authority as defined by Pope Boniface VIII: “It is necessary to salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff” (Unam Sanctam, 1302).
Liturgical Anarchy and Invalid Sacraments
The article speaks of “communal prayer” in Parisian churches but carefully avoids specifying whether true Catholic liturgy occurs. Taizé’s syncretic “prayers” typically involve Protestant-style services with pseudo-monastic chants, constituting communicatio in sacris with heretics – strictly forbidden by Canon 1258 of the 1917 Code. The Accor Arena setting desacralizes worship, reducing divine mysteries to entertainment spectacles. Pope Pius XII warned against such innovations: “It is evident that the Church cannot be the subject of […] liturgical experiments” (Mediator Dei, 1947).
Conclusion: Masonic Roots of Taizé’s Anti-Church
The Taizé Community’s founding in 1940 – coinciding with Freemasonry’s intensified infiltration of French Catholicism – reveals its true nature. Brother Roger Schütz’s Protestant origins and creation of an ecumenical pseudo-monasticism align perfectly with Masonic religious relativism. This event continues the conciliar revolution’s program to replace the Una Vera Sancta with a human brotherhood denying Christ’s divinity. As Pope St. Pius X prophesied: “The great movement of apostasy being organized in every country for the establishment of a One-World Church […] will have the Freemason for its author” (Our Apostolic Mandate, 1910). Until these youths return to the Traditional Latin Mass and pre-1958 doctrine, they remain captives of the anti-church.
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Thousands of young Europeans are beginning the new year at ecumenical gathering (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 31.12.2025