Renata is a Brazilian journalist who holds a Master’s degree in Journalism with first-class honours, completed in 2023. She joined The Irish Catholic in April 2024 as a multimedia journalist, where she brings a fresh, international perspective to storytelling through a range of digital platforms.
Irish Senator Rónán Mullen has said there was much to admire in Ann Widdecombe’s faith following the former MP’s suspected murder last week at the age of 78. Senator Mullen writes in this paper that her “fearlessness and her willingness to speak up for the most defenceless of human beings” are very commendable. Ms Widdecombe…
Almost half of Kilmore Diocese’s priests are over 70 years old, Bishop Martin Hayes said when announcing summer clergy appointments. This means that “the task of providing priests for each parish into the future in Kilmore Diocese is challenging and amounts to a crisis.” The bishop, however, sees a opportunity in the crisis. He said…
The community of Glencairn Abbey celebrated the first profession of three novices last Sunday. The solemn monastic profession of Sr Beatrice Brady, at St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn, Co. Waterford, took place on July 12. Presiding over the ceremony was Dom Michael Ryan, Abbot of Bolton Abbey, Co. Kildare and Dom Augustine McGregor, former Abbot of…
All eyes will turn to South Korea in August 2027, when the World Youth Day takes place in Seoul. Just over a year from the anticipated week, young people in Ireland are being invited to prepare and join this celebration of faith. South Korean Andrew Kim has been living in Ireland since 2022 and is…
The Matt Talbot Prayer Society in Derry Diocese has released a new spiritual initiative to support families affected by addiction during their monthly Mass in St Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry. They distributed 200 ‘Spiritual Protection Packs’, each containing an icon of Jesus, an icon of Mary, a prayer card, and holy water. “There is a lot…
A week-long music pilgrimage marked the centenary of the Pontifical Irish College’s present home in Rome. Titled ‘Centenary in Song’, the celebration combined workshops, prayer, faith formation and liturgies. Eoin McCormack, Director of Lay Formation at the Pontifical Irish College, explained that the week culminated in a gala concert on Friday evening, with 30 liturgical…
The Redemptoris Archdiocesan Mater Seminary in Dundalk, Co. Louth, had a new church and seminary extension inaugurated last Sunday, June 28. Presiding over the event, Archbishop Eamon Martin mentioned that this is Armagh’s missionary seminary, and said that “Ireland, which once sent thousands of missionaries around the world, is now in need of mission herself.”…
Bishop Ray Browne of Kerry has announced clergy appointments for the diocese to take effect from July 15. The diocesan changes are as follows: Fr Padraig Walsh, Our Lady and St Brendan’s, Tralee, to be PP Castleisland. Fr Teddy Linehan (Hospital Chaplain) to be PP Our Lady and St Brendan’s, Tralee. Fr Kieran O’Brien Adm.…
A pair of nearly 300-year-old Galway silver chalices made by Richard Joyce in 1730 and 1731, which had been in England for over a century, have returned to Galway. Marking their homecoming, Mass was celebrated in the Poor Clare Monastery Chapel on June 26, ahead of the chalices going on public display at Galway City…
“It is deeply ironic that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, who are normally knocking lumps out of Sinn Féin, joined them in their quest to end the lives of even more little babies,” said Aontú Senator Sarah O’Reilly following the Dáil’s vote in favour of abolishing the mandatory three-day reflection period for women seeking abortion.…