Patricia Pardo told El Mundo that the announcement of Pope León XIV's lung cancer diagnosis left her stunned. She said the Pope should be allowed to rest during his illness and described the news as a shock. Her reaction also came against the background of her role presenting an event during the Pope's Madrid visit earlier in 2026.
Prayer is part of Pardo's daily routine. In her interview with El Mundo, the Telecinco presenter said faith was with her from the moment she woke, and that praying was the first thing she did each morning. She also said her belief was a personal choice and that she would never force it on anyone else. El Mundo described Pardo as openly Catholic. She said criticism would not make her hide that part of her life.
On 8 June 2026, Pardo and her husband, Christian Gálvez, presented the meeting between Pope León XIV and Madrid's diocesan community at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. The event was part of the Pope's visit to Spain and included a welcome, presentations on Church life, a cultural programme and the papal encounter. The programme featured an orchestra, a choir of approximately 1,000 voices and about 100 dancers. It followed a separate Madrid youth prayer vigil on 6 June, which Vatican News reported drew more than 500,000 people. In a November assessment of the visit, communications official Rafael Rubio told COPE that its television coverage reached more than 20 million people in Spain. The figure concerned the visit as a whole. The Pope's role in Spain's Catholic life has also featured in coverage of a Santander beatification.
Her television work has brought a separate change to her routine. In the season covered by the report, her programme Vamos a ver was scheduled from 13:45 to 15:00, before Informativos Telecinco. A published Telecinco schedule for 9 November 2026 listed El tiempo justo at noon and Vamos a ver from 13:45 to 15:00. El Mundo reported that Vamos a ver aired weekdays at 13:45 and identified Antena 3's La ruleta de la suerte as a principal rival in the competitive daytime slot. The slot followed the move of Joaquín Prat's El tiempo justo to the morning schedule after it failed to achieve the expected afternoon results. Pardo told El Mundo the change had been unexpected, but said she was approaching it with enthusiasm.
She has spent 15 years reporting current affairs alongside Ana Rosa Quintana and Joaquín Prat. In remarks published in 2025, Pardo credited that experience with helping her develop her television technique and grow professionally. Her career at El programa de Ana Rosa began as a newsroom writer, then continued as a reporter before she moved into presenting.
When Vamos a ver launched in 2023, she described El programa de Ana Rosa as a place where she had learned to work with rigour. The report also names Carmen Borrego and Marisa Martín Blázquez among the contributors on Vamos a ver. Luis Pliego, director of Lecturas, is also listed.
