Nathália Queiroz

Nathália Queiroz

Nathália Queiroz de Carvalho Lima is certified in Spanish by the Cervantes Institute and has worked as a translator for seven years at ACI Digital. She has experience writing religious content for Catholic media in Portuguese and Spanish.

Articles by Nathália Queiroz

Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas is the oldest person in the world. Credit: Nathália Queiroz/ACI Digital

116-year-old Brazilian nun is world’s oldest human being

Jan 7, 2025 / 16:00 pm

The oldest human being in the world is Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, a 116-year-old nun from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul who was born on May 27, 1908.

María Auxiliadora Vaz de Arruda, known as Doña Dora (right), was the coordinator of the extraordinary ministers of holy Communion at her parish. Her husband, José Cloves Arruda (left), also served as an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist. They are pictured here with their daughter Priscilla. Credit: St. Peter the Apostle Parish in Guaratinguetá, Brazil

Brazilian parish offers Mass for souls of Eucharistic ministers who died in plane crash 

Aug 13, 2024 / 15:02 pm

“We are hurting, traumatized, dejected, but not defeated, not destroyed, because whoever eats this Bread will live forever,” Father Aloísio Motta said.

Picture of the Cathedral Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida taken on the day of the patron saint of Brazil, in Aparecida, Sao Paulo State, on Oct. 12, 2022. Credit: CAIO GUATELLI/AFP via Getty Images

Aparecida Shrine in Brazil inaugurates new Rupnik mosaics 

May 15, 2024 / 16:53 pm

The National Shrine of Aparecida in the Brazilian state of São Paulo inaugurated in a May 11 ceremony the new mosaics on its south façade.

Sister Inah Canabarro and her nephew Kléber Canabarro. Credit: ACI Digital

World’s oldest nun is 115-year-old Brazilian

Mar 20, 2024 / 08:00 am

“My secret, my great secret, is to pray,” says Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest nun in the world at 115 years of age.