Yes, I knew that French Dominican. A truly extraordinary life in defense of the poor as a lawyer, in a fight against the big land owners. His life was in danger always. They killed that sister who was doing the same work. He had a price on his head. His comment was: 'I thought I was worth more than that!'
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Fr Kant born 1916, German Danzig, today Poland Gdansk
This is a lovely story about the world’s oldest priest. He was born in 1916 in Gdansk, then the German city of Danzig. Same surname as philo...
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In the current edition of the Irish Catholic David Quin writes about the controversy happening between US Catholic politicians and the US hi...
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Brother Thomas Casey was born in Tom Casey OP Killarney, Co Kerry on August 26, 1933. After school he joined the Cistercian Order in Roscrea...
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Former Dominican priest Tom Tom Brodie Brodie died in a nursing home in Galway yesterday. He had been ailing for some time. He was born in C...
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