EWTN Announces Special Programming In Honor of Pope Emeritus Benedict

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Dec 31, 2022, 13:16 ET

IRONDALE, Ala., Dec. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- (EWTN) – In honor of Pope Emeritus Benedict, who passed away earlier today, EWTN will air the following special programming Saturday, Dec. 31. Further updates can be found on EWTN's website (www.ewtn.com), the EWTN app, and EWTN's Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ewtnonline.

December 31 Specials:

Tune into EWTN for an EWTN Live Special in honor of Pope Emeritus Benedict with Host Father Mitch Pacwa at 2 p.m. ET (live) and 8 p.m. ET (encore). A live prayer service at 4 p.m. ET from Our Lady of the Angels Chapel in Irondale, AL and Mass at 4:30 p.m. ET from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. follow. Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/everywhere. Updates can also be found at www.facebook.com/ewtnonline, www.ewtn.com, and the EWTN app.

2 p.m. ET (live) and 8 p.m. ET (encore): EWTN Live Special in honor of Pope Emeritus Benedict with Host Father Mitch Pacwa. Guests include Fr. Joseph Mary, EWTN Vice President of Theology Colin Donovan, Women of Grace Host Johnnette Williams, EWTN News Executive Editor Matthew Bunson, EWTN Rome Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser, EWTN Germany Managing Director Martin Rothweiler, and more.

4 p.m. ET: Prayers for the Repose of the Soul of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (30 min.) LIVE from Our Lady of the Angels Chapel in Irondale, Alabama.

4:30 p.m. ET: Mass for the Vigil of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Cardinal Wilton Gregory and Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio, will concelebrate.

EWTN's website now includes a special tribute page to Pope Benedict which outlines his many accomplishments. Find it here: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/holysee/popes/benedictxvi.

For all the ways to access EWTN, please go to www.ewtn.com/everywhere.

In its 42nd year, EWTN is the largest religious media network in the world. EWTN's 11 global TV channels are broadcast in multiple languages 24 hours a day, seven days a week to over 400 million television households in more than 150 countries and territories. EWTN platforms also include radio services transmitted through SIRIUS/XM, iHeart Radio, and over 500 domestic and international AM & FM radio affiliates; a worldwide shortwave radio service; one of the largest Catholic websites in the U.S.; electronic and print news services, including Catholic News Agency, "The National Catholic Register" newspaper, and several global news wire services; as well as EWTN Publishing, its book publishing division.

SOURCE EWTN Global Catholic Network