Brandon Scott
Viewers were left captivated as comedian Tommy Tiernan interviewed Capuchin Franciscan, Br Richard Hendrick on his popular Saturday night talk-show last weekend. The highly praised interview saw the pair discuss the eclectic topics of religion, love and Franciscan brewers.
The brother-priest, who lives and works in Dublin, shared with Tommy that he was drawn to the ways of St Francis after reading a book about him in secondary school and that there is no doubt in his mind there is a soul.
“I worked for quite a number of years as a chaplain in a hospital,” Br Richard told Tommy Tiernan when asked if he believed in a soul.
“There is no doubt in my mind after attending hundreds and hundreds of death beds that it is not just a stopping. Something leaves.
“From what I have seen and experienced, there is something that leaves in that moment. There is a very distinct moment of having a living, breathing human in the room and having the physical remains of a living, breathing human. I think in that moment it is that the essence of that person is no longer with us.”