On Monday, September 8, 2025, the EWTN family gathered at its Rome offices to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ACI Stampa.
Michael Warsaw, EWTN Chairman and CEO, and Montse Alvarado, President and COO of EWTN News, were among those in attendance. The event was an afternoon of reflection, dialogue, and friendship, marking a decade of ACI Stampa’s service to Catholic journalism.
Warsaw highlighted, “The work that has been done here by the ACI Stampa team has an impact far beyond the shores of Italy, it is truly a global impact and I think that is worth noting as we celebrate this 10th anniversary. So as we always say, especially if you have children, and you watch them grow, you say: “Where did the time go? I can’t believe it’s been 10 years. So, happy 10th anniversary.
It was March 19, 2015, when the first page of ACI Stampa went online — a Catholic news agency in the Italian language, born under the special protection of Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church.
Angela Ambrogetti, Editor in Chief of ACI Stampa, recounted, At the start of 2015, we had to choose a date to launch our website. In the first few months of the year, we ran tests and prepared everything. On that particular day, the Pope was visiting Naples — so we decided to begin our coverage with that very event.
For the past 10 years, ACI Stampa, a service of EWTN News, has been committed to providing news and in-depth coverage of the Church in Italian, with a special focus on Rome and Italy. Particular attention is given to the words, activities, and travels of the Holy Father.
Ambrogetti added, “The idea behind ACI Stampa was precisely to create a news service in Italian. Why? Because at the heart of the Church — in the Vatican — the primary languages are Latin and Italian. Latin, of course, posed a bit of a challenge: so we went with Italian!”
ACI Stampa operates from the EWTN Bureau on Via della Conciliazione 3, just steps away from St. Peter’s Square and the Holy See Press Office. The editorial team is made up of four Vatican experts, Angela Ambrogetti, Marco Mancini, Andrea Gagliarducci, and Veronica Giacometti, alongside different collaborators, as Antonio Tarallo, who focus on the Vatican and religious news.
Marco Mancini, ACI Stampa Vatican Expert, said, “I believe ACI Stampa’s two main qualities are clear. First is balance: presenting the news to readers as fairly and objectively as possible. Over the past 10 years, we’ve often seen news turn into heated, polarizing debates—like rival fan sections at a stadium—losing sight of the respect owed to our audience, who read, listen, and watch us.
“For me, news should be delivered for what it is, with the greatest possible sense of balance. A journalist’s primary duty is to report the facts without letting personal beliefs interfere, so that readers and viewers can form their own opinions.”
ACI Stampa moves with the times, continuously updating its communication style to reflect advances in technology and the rise of social media.
“This shift definitely affects how we deliver news—as a news agency, we not only need to consider information coming through social platforms, but we also have the power to share news through them,” Ambrogetti noted. “That said, communication itself doesn’t change much. While the tools evolve, the core purpose remains the same: to communicate honestly and accurately as much as possible.”
Andrea Gagliarducci, ACI Stampa Vatican Expert, added, “Covering the Holy See’s diplomacy is important because it’s a side of the Church that often goes unnoticed. People tend to associate the Pope’s diplomacy only with his public appeals for peace—which are vital—but there’s much more behind the scenes.
“The Vatican carries out delicate, behind-the-scenes work that few report on, and that’s where a Catholic news agency can make a difference. The Church’s mission includes not just public diplomacy, but also grassroots efforts, quiet mediation, and the diplomatic role of missionaries. This hidden work deserves to be told.”
Over the past decade, ACI Stampa has grown alongside the evolving landscape of Church news and communication, and continues to look ahead with the same dedication to its mission.
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Adapted by Jacob Stein
Produced by Alexey Gotovsky; Camera by Alberto Basile
Veronica Giacometti, born in 1988, first graduated in "Humanities and communication of the mass media" and then specialized in "Information, publishing and journalism" at the University of Roma Tre. Since 2016 she has been a Vatican correspondent for ACI Stampa, the Italian-language agency of the ACI-EWTN News group. Since 2013 it has been accredited by the Holy See Press Office. Passionate about social media and communication, she has published a book on Vatican communication published by TAU publishing, "Even the popes communicate" (2019). She also contributed to a chapter of the volume "A Church in dialogue: The Art and Science of Church Communication" (Edizioni Santa Croce, 2022).
