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EWTN is a global, Catholic Television, Catholic Radio, and Catholic News Network that provides catholic programming and news coverage from around the world. Catholic News Agency is a service of EWTN News. The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) was launched on Aug. 15, 1981, by Mother Angelica, a cloistered nun, who had no idea she would one day found the largest religious media network in the world.

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Journalists at EWTN/Franciscan conference discuss media bias in the internet age 

Mar 10, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

“If you give people what they think they want, that might work economically,” RealClearPolitics’ Carl Cannon said, “but that isn’t... Read more

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EWTN News and Franciscan University to host journalism conference on ‘post-truth world’

Mar 8, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

The conference, titled “Journalism in a Post-Truth World,” will focus on the mission of Catholics in the journalistic and media... Read more

The new EWTN web series “James the Less” premieres Feb. 13, 2023, at 8 p.m. ET.

EWTN exclusive web series ‘James the Less’ promises to be ‘both comic and moving’

Feb 13, 2023

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The EWTN exclusive five-episode web series will air Monday through Friday, Feb. 13–17, at 8 p.m. ET on EWTN’s YouTube... Read more

From left to right: Shannon Mullen, editor-in-chief of the National Catholic Register; Kelsey Wicks, executive director of the ACI Group; and Jeanette De Melo, executive director of the National Catholic Register and Catholic News Agency.

EWTN restructures domestic news outlets, aims to further US and global growth

Jan 31, 2023

By CNA Staff

The strategic realignment includes the announcement of new leadership of Catholic News Agency, ACI Group, and the National Catholic Register. Read more

Montse Alvarado speaks with EWTN News Executive Editor Matthew Bunson during a live broadcast of “EWTN News In Depth.”

Montse Alvarado Named President and COO of EWTN News

Jan 23, 2023

By Lauretta Brown

Alvarado comes to the role from her position as executive director and chief operating officer at the Becket Fund and... Read more

Father Robert Spitzer, SJ, delivers the opening keynote address at the inaugural Wonder Conference on Jan. 13, 2023.

Father Spitzer: God revealing himself to scientists through his ‘perfectly-designed-for-life universe’

Jan 13, 2023

By Jonah McKeown

The popular host of EWTN’s “Father Spitzer’s Universe” delivered the keynote address at Word on Fire’s Wonder Conference. Read more

Pope Benedict XVI leads the recitation of the Holy Rosary during a candlelight vigil at the Catholic shrine of Fatima in central Portugal, May 12, 2010.

Benedict XVI’s funeral: How to watch, what to expect

Jan 4, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

The funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be held on Thursday in Rome in St. Peter’s Square at 9:30... Read more

EWTN Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael P. Warsaw presents the 2022 Mother Angelica Award to former NFL star and coach Danny Abramowicz in honor of his lifetime of service to the new evangelization.

EWTN honors former NFL star Danny Abramowicz with 2022 Mother Angelica Award

Dec 12, 2022

By CNA Staff

The annual award recognizes those who have dedicated their lives to serving the Church and bringing others into a deeper... Read more

Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidates Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz (left) and Democrat John Fetterman.

Oz, Fetterman spar on abortion in Pennsylvania debate

Oct 25, 2022

By Katie Yoder, Shannon Mullen

The candidates’ latest comments come as a new EWTN poll shows a majority of Catholic voters in the state support... Read more

Shoppers are seen in a Kroger supermarket on Oct. 14, 2022, in Atlanta. Economic prospects are becoming "more pessimistic" in the United States on growing worries of weaker demand, the Federal Reserve said in a report Oct. 19, 2022, citing heightened inflation and rising interest rates.

EWTN poll: Catholics in key battleground states are focused on economy as midterms approach

Oct 25, 2022

By Matthew Bunson

Large majorities of likely Catholic voters in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, Ohio, and Pennsylvania consider the economy to be the... Read more

Adrián Martínez Cádiz, EWTN correspondent

Cuban dictatorship fines EWTN correspondent and threatens him during interrogation

Oct 21, 2022

By CNA Staff

On Friday, the police of the dictatorship in Cuba interrogated Adrián Martínez Cádiz, EWTN correspondent in Havana, and later fined... Read more

Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaks at an EWTN dinner in Frascati, Italy, Oct. 19, 2022.

Cardinal Parolin to EWTN: Truth must be ‘fearlessly upheld’

Oct 21, 2022

By Hannah Brockhaus

The Vatican’s Secretary of State told employees and collaborators of EWTN this week that the truth must be “fearlessly upheld”... Read more

Pope Francis venerates the Cross on Good Friday in St. Peter’s Basilica.

You can follow Holy Week, Easter events on EWTN. Here's the schedule

Apr 13, 2022

By CNA Staff

Are you planning to stay at home for the Holy Week and Easter season celebrations? Join some of the biggest... Read more

Cardinal George Pell celebrates the Mass in memory of Mother Angelica at Rome’s Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia, March 27, 2022.

‘Mother Angelica moved mountains’: Full text of Cardinal Pell’s homily at Mass honoring EWTN’s foundress

Mar 29, 2022

By CNA Staff

Cardinal George Pell celebrated a Mass in memory of Mother Angelica in Rome on Laetare Sunday. Read more

Mother Angelica, foundress of EWTN.

Mother Angelica's work still brings inspiration and conversion, six years after her death

Mar 27, 2022

By Joe Bukuras

The foundress of EWTN, Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, died six years ago, but her legacy lives on in... Read more

The logo of ACI MENA, EWTN's new Arabic-language news agency, based in Erbil, Iraq.

EWTN launches Arabic-language news agency based in Iraq

Mar 25, 2022

By CNA Staff

EWTN Global Catholic Network has launched an Arabic-language news service headquartered in Erbil, Iraq. Read more

A still from the film “St. Francis Xavier: To the Ends of the Earth”.

St. Francis Xavier: New EWTN film marks 400th anniversary of canonization

Mar 4, 2022

By Courtney Mares

The film will be screened at a Rome Jesuit church housing a relic of the saint. Read more

A scene from the EWTN movie, "To Believe."

EWTN’s new movie chronicles true stories of Ukrainian persecution

Feb 25, 2022

By CNA Staff

Viewers who want to know what life is really like after a Communist invasion need look no further than EWTN’s... Read more

Catherine Hadro

Catherine Hadro saying goodbye to 'Pro-Life Weekly,' but hello to new role

Dec 16, 2021

By Catherine Hadro

Catherine Hadro has announced she is stepping down as host of EWTN Pro-Life Weekly. Read more

Bishop Andrzej Siemieniewski celebrates Mass in the Chapel of St. Maximilian, Niepokalanów, Poland, Nov. 6, 2021.

Polish Catholic bishop celebrates Mass on EWTN Germany’s 20th anniversary

Nov 8, 2021

By CNA Staff

The Mass was offered in the Chapel of St. Maximilian Kolbe in Niepokalanów. Read more