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 deadline for female lone-parent asylum seekers living in direct provision who received eviction letters was last Friday, July 5. Gráinne Kilcullen, Head of Programmes for ActionAid, told The Irish Catholic “there has been an ad hoc follow up approach by IPAS to the eviction notices.” She explained that some of the women being evicted…
The Irish Church Music Association (ICMA) had their 54th Summer School with theme ‘Water of Life’ last week from July 2-4 in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth. The chief celebrant at the opening Mass in the College Chapel was Msgr Joseph McGuinness. During his homily, Msgr McGuinness mentioned “the American chemist Stanley Miller’s experiment in 1952”,…
Many young adults and teenagers are leaving the Catholic Faith in the background of their lives. Some still consider themselves as Catholics, they go to Mass on Christmas and Easter and engage sporadically with the Church, while others have left the Faith life completely and consider themselves as ‘non-religious’. Daniela Proano told The Irish Catholic…
The Carmelite Sisters New Ross, a congregation of cloistered nuns, are using social media to share their lives inside the convent walls with the world. They post biblical and spiritual sayings on Facebook accompanied by pictures of the sisters doing daily activities around the convent’s property. Sr Gwen Collins, currently the responsible for sharing on…
Bishop of Meath Tom Deenihan congratulated Msgr Julien Kaboré for his appointment as Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana and Titular Archbishop of Milevum. Msgr Kaboré worked as Counsellor of the Apostolic Nunciature in Ireland since 2022. “Archbishop-Elect Kaboré has had a long association with Mullingar parish in the Diocese of Meath which goes back to the…
Irish Dominican friars had a request for permission to film at Skellig Michael refused by the Office of Public Works (OPW). The Order is currently filming a series of videos for their YouTube channel to tell the story of Irish religious/historical places from the religious viewpoint. Fr Conor McDonough OP wrote on X on June…
The Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin Denis Nulty recently said the 6th century Irish monk, St Columbanus, should be made patron of Europe and invited people to attend the 26th International Columban Day in Carlow in 2025. People who are not very familiar with early Irish saints tend to confuse St Columba (Columbanus) with his contemporary…
Irish Dominican friars had a request for permission to film at Skellig Michael refused by the Office of Public Works (OPW). The Order is currently filming a series of videos for their YouTube channel to tell the story of Irish religious/historical places from the religious viewpoint. Fr Conor McDonough OP wrote on X on June…
The Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor said changes to the structure of Irish dioceses will keep happening “little by little with consultation in the measure that is possible because it’s not a referendum.” He said he personally goes to the dioceses that are most likely to be next and meets “some of the priests…
International charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has revealed the agency spent €144.5 million over 5,000 projects in 138 countries in 2023, according to a recent report. “Once again, this year, these numbers reflect a true miracle”, said the head of the organisation, Irishwoman Regina Lynch. The international charity counts on “the generosity…