There are dates that could not be better selected, even with the liturgical calendar in hand.
On Monday, Oct.
12, ACI Prensa became EWTN News Español and launched its new platform at EWTNNews.com/es.
This is a day when so many celebrations converge that it is impossible not to see the hand of God behind it.
I would be lying if I said this was the date we had in mind from the moment we began this project, as if we had experienced a supernatural vision.
That was not the case.
But when you work in the service of God and the Church, you learn to view coincidences through different eyes.
They are “God-incidences.” This relaunch goes far beyond simply changing a websiteʼs name.
Since 1980, ACI Prensa has accompanied generations of Spanish-speaking Catholics, and since 2014 it has been part of the EWTN family.
Today, that journey enters a new phase: the same mission, but with the strength and reach of a global brand like EWTN News.
I confess that, while I am incredibly excited to launch EWTN News Español, I also feel a touch of nostalgia at saying goodbye to ACI Prensa — a brand I have followed and admired for decades.
Yet, “we know that all things work together for good for those who love God” (Rom 8:28).
Augustine spoke of God as a beauty “ever ancient, ever new.” The Gospel does not change; what changes are the ways we transmit and communicate it, or the technologies that help us spread it throughout history.
3 Feasts, 3 Patrons This Oct.
12 marks 20 years since the death of St.
Carlo Acutis at the age of 15.
Canonized by Pope Leo XIV in September 2025, Acutis is the first millennial saint, and his defining characteristic was his use of new technologies to share the faith.
We ask him to guide us in the apostolic use of communication technologies (including the internet, social media, and artificial intelligence) and to help us bring God closer to the many young souls who live their lives online today.
It cannot be a coincidence that a new platform is being born under the gaze of a teenager who turned the internet into a path to heaven.
It is also the feast of Our Lady of the Pillar, patroness of the Hispanic world — a title recognized by St.
John Paul II in 1984 — and the date on which Spain celebrates its National Day.
There could hardly be a better day to launch EWTN News Español: a language that connects hundreds of millions of people — from the historic Catholic communities of Latin America and Spain to the ever-growing Catholic population of the United States, which now has a home of its own within the global EWTN family.
On this same day of Oct.
12, Brazil celebrates its patroness, Our Lady of Aparecida, a title proclaimed by Pius XI in 1930.
Since the mission of EWTN News extends beyond a single language — and with ACI Digital delivering our news in Portuguese — we place our work under her protection as well, honoring her as....
