David Ramos

Graduated in Communication Sciences from the Universidad Privada del Norte in Trujillo, Peru. I have been part of the ACI Prensa team for more than 10 years. I have covered Pope Francis' trips to Ecuador, Paraguay, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Peru. I covered the beatification ceremony of today's Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero in San Salvador, El Salvador, in 2015. Special envoy for investigation in Honduras in 2016. Head of the ACI Prensa Office in Mexico since 2018.

Pope Leo XIV answers questions from journalists as he leaves the papal residence of Castel Gandolfo on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. / Credit: Video capture/Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Says He Hopes to Visit Portugal, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and Uruguay

Pope Leo XIV said he would love to travel and his top destinations are the Marian shrines of Fátima in...

The United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in Belém, Brazil, Nov. 6-21, 2025. / Credit: Raimundo Pacco/COP30

Pope Leo XIV Encourages Stronger Climate Actions

Pope Leo XIV said “stronger climate actions will create stronger and fairer economic systems” in a video message to the...

Pope Leo XIV presides over an ecumenical commemoration of the martyrs and witnesses of faith of the 21st century at Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on September 14, 2025. / Elias Turl

"No one can silence their voice": Pope Leo XIV Honors Modern Martyrs at Ecumenical Service

Pope Leo XIV led an ecumenical commemoration of the martyrs and witnesses of faith of the 21st century at Rome’s...

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need reminds us that “women religious are often on the front lines of wars.” / Credit: ACN

Aid to the Church in Need Joins Religious Sisters’ Call to Pray and Fast for World Peace

Aid to the Church in Need joined the International Union of Superiors General in its call to pray and fast...

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus address on July 13, 2025, from Liberty Square in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, where he is spending a two-week summer break. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Tells Dominican Priors to "listen attentively to the Holy Spirit"

In a letter this week, Pope Leo XIV encouraged the prior provincials of the Dominicans to “listen to the Holy...

Pope Leo XIV prays at St. Mary Major, May 25, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News/Vatican Pool

Pope Leo XIV Takes Possession of St. John Lateran as Rome Bishop, Prays before Mary Icon “Health of Roman People”

Pope Leo XIV prayed at the Basilica of St. Mary Major following the Mass where he took possession of the...

A view of the Opera House in the port zone of Sydney. / Credit: Benh LIEU SONG vía Flickr (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Next International Eucharistic Congress to be Held in Sydney in 2028

The 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, wrapped up with the announcement that Sydney will host the next congress...

Our Lady of Christendom is an annual pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Covadonga (Asturias) that takes place around the feast of St. James the Apostle (July 25), patron saint of Spain. / Credit: Our Lady of Christendom Pilgrimage

Vatican Prohibits Customary Traditional Latin Mass for Pilgrims in Spain

The organizers of the fourth edition of the pilgrimage announced the prohibition in a July 6 post on X.

The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico. | David Ramos/CNA

Fact or fiction? 9 Popular Myths about Our Lady of Guadalupe

In the 500 years since Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared, the image of Our Lady has become the subject of...

Archbishop Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez at a press conference on May 21, 2023. | Credit: Video capture/Archdiocese of Durango

80-year-old Man Tries to Kill Catholic Archbishop after Sunday Mass in Mexican Cathedral

An 80-year-old man wielding a knife tried to kill Archbishop Faustino Armendáriz of Durango, Mexico, on May 21. The attack...

Bishop José Álvarez Lagos surrounded by police officers on Aug. 4, 2022. | Diocese Media TV Merced / Diocese of Matagalpa

Cardinal in Nacaragua Visits Bishop Under House Arrest, Says "his mind, spirit are strong"

The archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, met with the bishop of Matagalpa, Rolando Álvarez, hours after the bishop had...

Bishop Rolando José Álvarez of the Diocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, was placed under house arrest by the police of Daniel Ortega's regime in early August 2022. Photo credit: Diocese of Matagalpa

Catholic Bishop in Nicaragua Put Under House Arrest, Priests, Seminarians Sent to Jail

The national police of Nicaragua's Ortega regime said that the bishop was seized to prevent "destabilizing and provocative activities.”

Bishop Xavier Novell Gomà, Bishop Emeritus of Solsona. Conferencia Episcopal Española via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Diocese Announces Sanctions on Spanish Bishop Who Attempted Marriage

The apostolic administrator of Solsona announced Saturday that the diocese’s former bishop, Xavier Novell i Gomà, had incurred suspension when...

Archbishop Carlos Castillo of Lima. ANDINA / Norman Córdova.

Catholic Archbishop in Peru Proposes Replacing Priests with Laity in Parishes as Pastors

The Archbishop of Lima last month presented his proposal to replace priests with lay people in parishes in the Peruvian...