{"id":102306,"date":"2026-08-17T02:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T02:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=102306"},"modified":"2026-08-17T02:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T02:09:36","slug":"45-years-after-its-first-broadcast-ewtn-has-become-the-largest-catholic-media-network-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/45-years-after-its-first-broadcast-ewtn-has-become-the-largest-catholic-media-network-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"45 years after its first broadcast, EWTN has become the largest Catholic media network in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Forty-five years ago today, Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation launched the first broadcast of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) from a converted garage in Alabama. What began as a humble television venture would grow into the world\u2019s largest Catholic media network.With $200 and 12 nuns with no television experience, Mother Angelica turned the monastery garage into a television studio. EWTN received its Federal Communications Commission license on Jan. 27, 1981, making it the first Catholic satellite television station\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forty-five years ago today, Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation launched the first broadcast of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) from a converted garage in Alabama. What began as a humble television venture would grow into the world\u2019s largest Catholic media network.With $200 and 12 nuns with no television experience, Mother Angelica turned the monastery garage into a television studio. EWTN received its Federal Communications Commission license on Jan. 27, 1981, making it the first Catholic satellite television station\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-102306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9023,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/st-maximilian-kolbes-beard-ewtn-friars-draw-inspiration-from-unusual-relic\/","url_meta":{"origin":102306,"position":0},"title":"St. Maximilian Kolbe\u2019s beard: EWTN friars draw inspiration from unusual relic","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Marzo 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] St. Maximilian Kolbe. \/ Credit: Wikimedia Commons\/public domain CNA Staff, Aug 14, 2024 \/ 16:06 pm (CNA). Aug. 14 is the feast day of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a saint best known for his heroic martyrdom at Auschwitz in 1941, when he volunteered to be executed in place of another prisoner.&nbsp;Like many Catholic saints, there exist today relics of Father Kolbe \u2014 pieces of a saint\u2019s body (first-class) or objects they owned (second-class) that are honored by the Catholic faithful\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kolbe.png?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kolbe.png?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kolbe.png?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":69084,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/sister-mary-michael-last-of-mother-angelicas-founding-nuns-dies-at-94\/","url_meta":{"origin":102306,"position":1},"title":"Sister Mary Michael, last of Mother Angelica\u2019s founding nuns, dies at 94","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Dicembre 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Sister Mary Michael of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, PCPA, died Nov. 10, 2025, after roughly three-quarters of a century of religious life. She was 94. \/ Credit: Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration CNA Staff, Nov 12, 2025 \/ 15:54 pm (CNA). Sister Mary Michael of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, PCPA, died on Nov. 10 after roughly three-quarters of a century of religious life. She was 94.Sister Mary Michael was the last of the original five nuns who, along\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sister Mary Michael, last of Mother Angelica\u2019s founding nuns, dies at 94","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sister-Mary-Michael-last-of-Mother-Angelicas-founding-nuns-dies-at-94.webp?fit=800%2C457&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sister-Mary-Michael-last-of-Mother-Angelicas-founding-nuns-dies-at-94.webp?fit=800%2C457&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sister-Mary-Michael-last-of-Mother-Angelicas-founding-nuns-dies-at-94.webp?fit=800%2C457&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sister-Mary-Michael-last-of-Mother-Angelicas-founding-nuns-dies-at-94.webp?fit=800%2C457&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60086,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/mother-marie-andre-from-cia-hopeful-to-cloistered-poor-clare-abbess\/","url_meta":{"origin":102306,"position":2},"title":"Mother Marie Andr\u00e9: From CIA hopeful to cloistered Poor Clare abbess","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Dicembre 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration from the Our Lady of Solitude Monastery in Tonopah, Arizona, accompanied by their local priest. \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of Mother Marie Andre Campbell CNA Staff, Aug 11, 2025 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). 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Jonatan Medina Espinal is a young Catholic influencer who, as the son of evangelical pastors, was considered unlikely to embrace the Catholic faith, but he did so five years ago after a long and intense spiritual journey.Now, with clearer ideas about the faith, the young Peruvian has become a defender of Catholic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Influencer son of evangelical pastors shares how he embraced the Catholic faith","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Influencer-son-of-evangelical-pastors-shares-how-he-embraced-the-Catholic-faith.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Influencer-son-of-evangelical-pastors-shares-how-he-embraced-the-Catholic-faith.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Influencer-son-of-evangelical-pastors-shares-how-he-embraced-the-Catholic-faith.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Influencer-son-of-evangelical-pastors-shares-how-he-embraced-the-Catholic-faith.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":73098,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/vatican-expert-co-redemptrix-title-of-mary-not-absolutely-prohibited\/","url_meta":{"origin":102306,"position":4},"title":"Vatican expert: Co-Redemptrix title of Mary not absolutely prohibited","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Dicembre 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Monsignor Maurizio Gronchi. Credit: EWTN Noticias Dec 28, 2025 \/ 08:00 am (CNA). Monsignor Maurizio Gronchi, an expert consultant for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican, clarified that the measure established last month regarding the use of the titles \u201cCo-Redemptrix\u201d and \u201cMediatrix\u201d for the Virgin Mary is \u201cnot an absolute prohibition\u201d and that these titles can still be used in popular piety, provided their meaning is understood.\u201cIt\u2019s not an absolute prohibition, but it will no\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Vatican expert: Co-Redemptrix title of Mary not absolutely prohibited","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Vatican-expert-Co-Redemptrix-title-of-Mary-not-absolutely-prohibited.jpg?fit=724%2C458&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Vatican-expert-Co-Redemptrix-title-of-Mary-not-absolutely-prohibited.jpg?fit=724%2C458&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Vatican-expert-Co-Redemptrix-title-of-Mary-not-absolutely-prohibited.jpg?fit=724%2C458&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Vatican-expert-Co-Redemptrix-title-of-Mary-not-absolutely-prohibited.jpg?fit=724%2C458&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":61431,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/the-knight-the-untold-story-of-one-of-the-20th-centurys-greatest-saints\/","url_meta":{"origin":102306,"position":5},"title":"\u2018The Knight:\u2019 The untold story of one of the 20th century\u2019s greatest saints","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Agosto 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThe Knight\u201d \u2014 which airs at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, on EWTN \u2014 highlights three historical events that had a decisive impact on the life of St. Maximilian Kolbe. \/ Credit: EWTN Birmingham, Ala., Aug 22, 2025 \/ 07:00 am (CNA). 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