Catholic television
Catholic television refers to television networks and programs based on the teachings of the Catholic Church. The Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Media of Social Communications (1963) sought to promote, "where it may be necessary", the establishment of Catholic radio and television stations.[1]
Networks
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Argentina
[edit]- Canal Orbe 21, HQ: Buenos Aires
Brazil
[edit]- Canção Nova, HQ: Cachoeira Paulista, SP
- Rede Vida, HQ: São José do Rio Preto, SP; Launched in 1995
- TV Aparecida, HQ: Aparecida, SP; Launched in 2005
Canada
[edit]- Salt + Light Television, HQ: Toronto
Chile
[edit]- TV+ (Chile), HQ: Santiago
Colombia
[edit]- Cristovisión, HQ: Bogotá
Congo, Democratic Republic of
[edit]- Zénith Radio-Télévision, HQ: Lubumbashi
Croatia
[edit]- Laudato TV (Laudato Televizija), HQ: Zagreb
France
[edit]- KTO (TV channel), HQ: Malakoff, near Paris. Broadcasts in France, Belgium, and Switzerland
Germany
[edit]- EWTN Deutschland - Katholisches TV, HQ: Kőln
- K-TV Katholisches Fernsehen, HQ: Wangen im Allgäu. A religious broadcasting network in Germany
India
[edit]- Divyavani TV, HQ: Hyderabad, Telangana
- Goodness (TV channel), HQ: Kochi, Kerala[citation needed]
- Madha TV, HQ: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Shalom (TV channel), HQ: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
- Shekinah TV, HQ: Thalikode, Kerala[citation needed]
Italy/Vatican
[edit]- Padre Pio TV, HQ: San Giovanni Rotondo
- Telepace, HQ: Cerna
- TV2000, HQ: Roma
- Vatican Media, HQ: Roma
Lebanon
[edit]- Télé Lumière, HQ: Beirut
Malawi
[edit]- Luntha TV, HQ: Lilongwe
Mexico
[edit]- María Visión, HQ: Zapopan
Netherlands
[edit]- KRO-NCRV, HQ: Hilversum
Nigeria
[edit]- Catholic Television of Nigeria, HQ: Abuja
- Lumen Christi TV, HQ: Lagos. See television network in Nigeria
Pakistan
[edit]- Catholic TV (Pakistan), former Pakistani television channel
Panama
[edit]- FETV (Panama), HQ: Panama City
Peru
[edit]- JN19 TV, HQ: San Miguel District, Lima
Philippines
[edit]- Cebu Catholic Television Network, HQ: Cebu
- TV Maria, HQ: Manila
Poland
[edit]- Telewizja Trwam, HQ: Toruń
Portugal
[edit]- Angelus TV, HQ: Fátima
Puerto Rico
[edit]- WORO-DT Canal 13 (Teleoro), HQ: San Juan
South Korea
[edit]- CPBC (Catholic Peace Broadcasting Corporation), HQ: Seoul. See Andrew Yeom Soo-jung
Spain
[edit]- Cadena COPE Television, HQ: Madrid
- Trece, HQ: Madrid
Sri Lanka
[edit]- Verbum TV, HQ: Ragama
United States
[edit]- Catholic Faith Network, HQ: Uniondale, New York
- CatholicTV, HQ: Watertown, Massachusetts
- Eternal Word Television Network, HQ: Irondale, Alabama. The world's largest religious media network.
- KIFR, US, HQ: Fresno, California
- New Evangelization Television, HQ: Brooklyn, New York
- Shalom World, HQ: Edinburg, Texas
Venezuela
[edit]- Niños Cantores Televisión, HQ: Zulia
- Vale TV, HQ: Caracas
Zambia
[edit]- Lumen TV Zambia, HQ: Lusaka
See also
[edit]- International religious television broadcasters
- SIGNIS (World Catholic Association for Communication)
References
[edit]- ^ Second Vatican Council, Decree on the Media of Social Communications, paragraph 14, published on 4 December 1963, accessed on 6 August 2025
