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.
The closure of Carlow College, Ireland’s oldest Catholic college, founded in 1782, “marks another significant moment in the life of the Irish Church”, Bishop Paul Dempsey told The Irish Catholic. Bishop Dempsey is a past pupil of the college and explained that St Patrick’s College (Carlow College) “served as a seminary, educating and forming priests…
Mercy International Association (MIA) has appointed a new Chair of the MIA Board during a joint meeting between the MIA board and members, which recently took place in the Grand Hotel, Malahide. The new Chair is Sr Maria Lawton rsm, Congregation Bursar of the Sisters of Mercy Parramatta Congregation, Australia. Speaking on her appointment, Sr…
A priest’s reaction to the eulogy at a funeral Mass in Ardee, Co. Louth, has been stirring opinions online. The eulogy was being read at a funeral Mass on May 13 in the Church of the Nativity of Our Lady, Ardee/Collon Parish, and was interrupted by the priest, who stood up, saying “that’s enough”, that…
20.01 – BELFAST: The Clonard Youth and Young Adult Ministry’s Tuesday night walking group were back on the Belfast streets last week. The group set off from Clonard and making their way through Millfield, Donegal Street, the Cathedral Quarter, over to the Big Fish, across the bridge to the Ormeau Embankment, up onto the Ormeau…
“Ted and Dougal shouldn’t be dragged into it,” said Graham Linehan, co-creator of Father Ted, commenting about RTÉ’s decision to air the show in boycott of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest For Mr Linehan, the decision of not airing the contest because Israel is participating is “not a principled humanitarian stand. It is antisemitism —…
‘Communications is something the Church needs to get a handle on’, says Radio Maria priest I even remember having a friend in school who was a devoted listener to radio and we used to plan what it would be like having a breakfast show on the local radio station, but those were very ephemeral dreams,”…
The recent inquest findings regarding the “unlawful” killing of five persons by British Soldiers in the Springhill / Westrock area of Belfast on July 9, 1972, is of “great importance”, Bishop Alan McGuckian of Down and Connor told parishioners in Corpus Christi Parish, Ballymurphy, during Mass on May 3. “After more than fifty years, the…
The annual March for Life event took place in Dublin on Monday, May 4, attracting thousands to the city centre on the bank holiday. The focus of this year’s event was on Ireland’s rapidly rising abortion numbers and the need for promotion of positive alternatives to abortion. The march started at St Stephen’s Green and…
Irish clergy are encouraging Christians from across the globe to gather for the first ‘Worldwide Marian Procession’, taking place on June 13. The event is being launched by the YouTube channel ‘Guardians of the Faith’ and supported by Bishop Donal McKeown and Archbishop Eamon Martin. Participants are encouraged to join the procession in person in…
He who sings, prays twice,” St Augustine famously said. Following the sound of classical music around Dublin, The Irish Catholic spoke with a South Korean student, Andrew Kim, who lives in Ireland and is bringing music to retired nuns and to parish communities across the country. Mr Kim believes people “need music”. When he was…