Colin Murphy: Soft power and hard knocks
The modern missionaries of Irish culture serve as informal ambassadors for our country, our interests and our values
Michael Foody came to Brazil in 1976, a newly ordained Holy Ghost father, armed with the zeal of liberation theology and a determination to pursue the “preferential option for the poor”.
Liberation theology has been and gone, but Fr Foody, now retired, is still there, still working for the poor.
On Tuesday, Fr Foody walked me through the small favela of Nossa Senhora Aparecida in Sao Paulo, and showed me the church he ...
