Veronica Giacometti

A native of Rome’s Trastevere neighborhood, Veronica Giacometti is a graduate of the University of Rome III, where she specialized in information, publishing, and journalism. She has authored a book on papal communication and also volunteers at her parish, St. Francis, in the Ripa section of the Eternal City. She writes for ACI Stampa, CNA’s Italian-language news partner.

Articles by Veronica Giacometti

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Hope for prisoners in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Dec. 14, 2025. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV urges mercy, reform as Jubilee of Prisoners closes holy year

Dec 14, 2025 / 05:25 am

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday presided over the final major celebration of the holy year, calling for renewed commitment to justice, rehabilitation, and hope.

Statue of St. Nicholas, the patron saint of Bari, Italy, at the Pontifical Basilica of St. Nicholas. Credit: Veronica Giacometti/ACI Stampa

The saint of Christmas and ecumenism: Bari celebrates St. Nicholas

Dec 6, 2025 / 07:00 am

The city of Bari, Italy, celebrates its patron St. Nicholas every Dec. 6 with festivities and Masses.

St. Carlo Acutis. Credit: carloacutis.com

Fire damages historic Italian monastery where St. Carlo Acutis received first Communion

Oct 13, 2025 / 14:42 pm

An Oct. 11 fire severely damaged the 17th-century Bernaga Monastery outside of Milan in northern Italy, forcing 21 cloistered nuns to flee the blaze.

The Lecceto hermitage near Siena, Italy. Credit: LigaDue, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Augustinian nuns of Lecceto reflect on life of prayer and friendship with Pope Leo XIV

May 27, 2025 / 12:18 pm

Sister Sara Maria of the Augustinian nuns of Lecceto speaks about the activities of the monastery in the province of Siena and the nuns’ relationship with Leo XIV.

Pope Francis blesses an unborn baby during the Papal Foundation's annual pilgrimage in Rome, Friday, April 12, 2024. Credit: Vatican Media

This province in Italy ‘invests’ in children and families

Apr 15, 2024 / 17:45 pm

The famous “demographic winter” often mentioned by Pope Francis is evident in many regions of Italy except one: Alto Adige-Südtirol and its capital, Bolzano.