Taizé to print 1 million Bibles in Chinese

The Taizé community will print and distribute 1 million Catholic Bibles in China during 2009, announced the community's prior.

Brother Alois Loser revealed the plan to help the Christians in China at the conclusion of the closing of the community's 31st European meeting for youth, held from Dec. 28 to Jan. 1 in Brussels.

The community will print 200,000 complete Bibles, and 800,000 New Testaments with the Psalms.


"The word of God unites us more than division," said Brother Alois. "And tonight we are happy to offer a concrete sign of this unity, in particular with the Christians of China."

The Taizé community will assume the printing costs, which they have named "operation hope."