Bishop for Kildare dioceses in Rome today for an audience with Pope Francis

Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin dioceses, Denis Nulty, is in Rome today to attend a special meeting with the head of the Catholic Church.

The Slane native travelled to the Vatican with a number of other officials from the Catholic Church in Ireland to address some of the issues that are currnetly facing the church in this country.

Bishop Nulty was joined on the trip by Monsignor Michael Ryan, who is representing the Dioceses of Ossory.

It is the first audience with the Pope that Bishop Nulty has had the opportunity to attend. Pope Francis named him as the bishop for the dioceses of Kildare and Leighlin back in 2013, meaning he became the youngest bishop in Ireland at the time.