Victoria Cardiel

As a journalist, Victoria Cardiel has specialized in social and religious news. Since 2013, she has covered the Vatican for various media outlets, including Europa Press and Alfa and Omega, the weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Madrid.

In Pope Leo XIV’s first sit-down interview, published in Spanish on Sept. 18, 2025, the pope warned of the loss of humanity in the digital world of artificial intelligence (AI). / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV: "It’s going to be very difficult to discover the presence of God in AI"

Pope Leo XIV pointed to the loss of humanity in the digital realm and warned that “extremely wealthy” people are...

Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 16, 2025, expelled from the clerical state an Italian deacon who was convicted of sexual offenses against minors. / Credit: Freedom Studio/Shutterstock

Pope Leo XIV Expels Deacon from the Clerical State for Abuse of Minors

Italian permanent deacon Alessandro Frateschi, who was convicted of sexual offenses against minors, has been expelled from the clerical state...

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 17, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Decries "unacceptable conditions" in Gaza, Urges Release of Hostages

Pope Leo XIV said he was closely following the impact of Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza City, where about 600,000...

Silvia Toma before participating in the vigil with Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 15, 2025. / Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News

Jubilee of Consolation: Mother Who Lost Her Only Son Never Reproached God for Anything

Silvia Toma has a scar on her soul: Four years ago she buried her 34-year-old only son, who had two little...

Illuminated drones reproduce Michelangelo's "Pietà" over St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on September 14, 2025. / Courtney Mares

Vatican Lights Up With Drone Show at Historic "Grace for the World" Concert

St. Peter’s Square became the stage for an unprecedented spectacle on Saturday night, involving more than 3,000 illuminated drones.

Pope Leo XIV at a window of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, leading pilgrims in reciting the Angelus, on September 14, 2025, the pope's 70th birthday. / Vatican Media

"I give thanks to the Lord and to my parents": Pope Leo XIV Marks 70th Birthday at Sunday Angelus

On Sunday, his 70th birthday, Pope Leo XIV presided at the recitation of the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s...

Pope Leo XIV greets participants in the third edition of the World Meeting on Human Fraternity at the Vatican on Sept. 12, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Tells World Meeting on Human Fraternity to Welcome Migrants, Care for Poor

Pope Leo XIV spoke out on Friday against what he called the business of wars while condemning attitudes of rejection...

The stamps of saints-to-be Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati will be worth 1.35 euros ($1.60) each. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican Issues Special Stamps for Canonization of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati

The young faces of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be immortalized in special stamps issued on...

Pope Leo XIV appealed for help for Sudan during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on Sept. 3, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Leo XIV Pleads for Help for "humanitarian catastrophe" in Sudan

Pope Leo XIV pleaded for assistance for the people of Sudan, who are experiencing violence, famine, natural disasters, and disease.

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims during his general audience on July 30, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Expresses His "profound sorrow" Over Death of Migrants in Shipwreck off Yemen

In a gesture of closeness to the victims of irregular migration, Pope Leo XIV expressed his “profound sorrow” for the...

Pope Leo XIV waves at pilgrims from South Korea before the closing Mass of the Jubilee of Youth at the University of Rome Tor Vergata on Aug. 3, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Announces Dates for 2027 World Youth Day in South Korea

Pope Leo XIV announced that the dates of the next World Youth Day, to be held in Seoul, South Korea,...

The central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno/CNA

Vatican Reports 2024 Asset Management Earnings of 62 Million Euros

The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See presented its financial statement for the 2024 fiscal year, with net...

St. John Paul II in the popemobile amid the enthusiasm of 2 million young people at World Youth Day in 2000. / Credit: Vatican Media/Osservatore Romano

The Ardent Spirit of Young People: Youth Jubilee from St. John Paul II to Leo XIV

Thousands of young people are expected to spend the night in tents at the Tor Vergata esplanade in the south...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaks at an EWTN dinner in Frascati, Italy, Oct. 19, 2022. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

"Dangerous sign": Vatican Secretary of State on Deadly Attack on Church in Democratic Republic of Congo

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin expressed his concern over the July 27 attack on a Catholic church in...

Pope Leo XIV urges “full respect for humanitarian law” amid a food crisis in Gaza  in his address following the Angelus prayer on July 27, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media screenshot

Pope Leo XIV Urges "full respect for humanitarian law" in Gaza

Pope Leo XIV called for peace negotiations and respect for humanitarian law in Gaza, 10 days after an Israeli strike...

Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd at the Angelus on July 13, 2025, at the papal estate of Castel Gandolfo. / Credit: Stefano Costantino/EWTN News

Catholic Migrants Save Countries That Welcome Them from "spiritual desertification": Pope Leo XIV

“With their spiritual enthusiasm and vitality, [migrants] can help revitalize ecclesial communities that have become rigid and weighed down,” Pope...

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square on June 25, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV Returns to the Vatican After More Than Two Weeks in Castel Gandolfo

The pontiff spent a period of rest July 6–22 in the Italian town of Castel Gandolfo about 15 miles from...

Holy Mass at the Holy Family Parish in Gaza, led by the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli during the Advent season. December 2024. / Courtesy of Father Gabriel Romanelli

Attack on Gaza's Only Catholic Church: Without Warnings by Priest "it would have been a massacre"

Father Yusuf Asad, 49, assistant parochial vicar at Holy Family Church in Gaza, had just celebrated morning Mass when a...

Father Gabriel Romanelli with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, celebrating Christmas Mass at Holy Family Parish in Gaza, in December 2024. / Credit: Courtesy of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Gaza's Only Catholic Priest among Injured in Israeli Attack

The Holy Family Church in Gaza was hit Thursday amid a new wave of Israeli bombings, leaving several people dead...

A view of the damage to the Holy Family church in Gaza City following an Israeli strike on the church, in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on July 17, 2025. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said an Israeli strike on Gaza's only Catholic church killed two and injured several people on July 17, including the parish priest, as well as causing damage to the building. / Credit: OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images

After Deadly Attack on Catholic Parish in Gaza, Pope Leo XIV Urges Immediate Ceasefire

Following a strike against the only Catholic Church in Gaza, which left at least two dead on July 17, Pope...