From Interdenominational to Interreligious Ecumenism at Taizé and Le Jour du Seigneur

Abstract

The ecumenical community of Taizé and the weekly television program, Le Jour du Seigneur, illustrate the tendency to move away from interdenominational ecumenism towards interreligious dialogue. This trend is evident in the yearly interreligious discussions of Le Jour du Seigneur, and the content of its weekly programs centered on major cultural issues. This Sunday television production was conceived as a dialogue with the secular and de-Christianized public in France. Does this mean the end of ecumenism as practiced since Vatican II? The method of synodality promoted by Pope Francis suggests that all churches must listen to the needs of their members in relation to their environment; hence ecumenism will be practiced differently throughout the universal church.