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Brother Alois (Alois Loeser) was born on June 11, 1954 in Ehingen am Ries, Germany. A Roman Catholic, he joined the Taizé Community on November 1, 1974. He was prior from Brother Roger’s death on August 16, 2005, until December 2023. Since then, he has been living with two other Taizé brothers in Colon, Cuba
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Francis always encouraged me in our attempt to move forward as an ecumenical community and in welcoming young people from different churches who come to Taizé from all over the world. He was the pope, but also a father and a brother to me.