HopeMedia Italia Opens a New Home to Share the Gospel of Jesus
Programs on faith and everyday life are made for Italian speakers at home and abroad, reaching countries such as Brazil and Germany.
Jeanne DamasioItalySep 24, 2026, 2:29 PM
HopeMedia Italia formally inaugurated its new center in Rome on September 12, bringing together its radio, video, and digital media teams on Via Casilina, on the east side of the city. Their programming combines biblical teachings with discussions of health, relationships, and everyday concerns such as stress and nutrition. The aim is to offer comfort and hope to Italian speakers anywhere in the world.
Vincenzo Annunziata directs Ente Voce della Speranza, the organization that operates the center. At the inauguration, he spoke about what the center's radio, video, and web work is for. "Media are not technical instruments," he said. "They are bridges, they are chances to meet, they are spaces where the light of the Gospel can reach, perhaps where we ourselves could not have gone."
Radio Voce della Speranza, now part of HopeMedia Italia, began broadcasting in Florence in 1979. The task of bringing radio, video, and web activities under one roof took shape in 2017. Then when churches closed during the pandemic in 2020, digital communication became the space for worship, information, and support, Annunziata explained.
Daniele Amodeo, production director of HopeMedia Italia, oversees series such as Passi di Speranza (Steps of Hope), whose short biblical reflections address questions of meaning and faith in daily life. One episode, for example, points to the Word of God and the peace Jesus promised as the answer to anxiety and fear. The aim, Amodeo explained, is to speak simply and directly to people looking for hope and a deeper sense of purpose.
In BenEssere – Riparti da te (Wellbeing, Start Again from Yourself), doctors, psychologists, and other health professionals offer practical advice across 14 episodes. Amodeo described an approach that looks at body, mind, relationships, and spirituality.
Hope Channel Italia, the center’s online television service, belongs to the Hope Channel International network, whose 90 channels broadcast in about 120 languages. Through that connection, the Italian team can translate, dub, and adapt productions from other media centers, Amodeo explained.
The latest example is My Greatest Victory, a series produced by Hope Media Europe as part of the international documentary project My Greatest Purpose. It follows six professional athletes through their struggles and faith, and the Italian version began on HopeMedia Italia's YouTube channel on September 9.
“For a relatively small media center like ours, collaboration and international cooperation are essential,” Amodeo said. “They allow us both to share what we produce in Italy and to make stories and content from other parts of the world available to our audience.”
The center’s analytics show people following the programs from other countries, including Brazil and Germany, and messages arrive thanking the team for programs in Italian, he said. Some come from Italians abroad holding on to their language and culture.
Amodeo remembers a trip to the United States in 2025, in which he met two people who already followed the programs. One was an Italian living abroad; the other was not Italian and watched partly to help him learn the language. “It was very moving to meet someone in person who already knew our work, even though he lived thousands of kilometers away from Rome,” he recalled.
“A piece of content produced in a room in Rome can find someone listening to it on the other side of the world,” he said.