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Networks

Argentina

* Canal Orbe 21, HQ; Buenos Aires

Brazil

Canção Nova The Canção Nova (English: ''New Song'') is a Brazilian Catholic community founded by Monsignor Jonas Abib in 1978, following the lines of Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Headquartered in the city of Cachoeira Paulista (SP), it occupies an area ...

, HQ; Cachoeira Paulista, SP *

Rede Aparecida Rede Aparecida (), also known as TV Aparecida or simply Aparecida is a Brazilian religious television channel based in the municipality of Aparecida in the state of São Paulo. History TV Aparecida was an initiative with support from the Cathol ...

, HQ; Aparecida, SP. Launched in 2005 * Rede Vida, HQ; São José do Rio Preto, SP. Launched in 1995

Canada

Salt + Light Television In common usage, salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl). When used in food, especially in granulated form, it is more formally called table salt. In the form of a natural crystalline mineral, salt is also known as ro ...

, HQ; Toronto

Chile

TV+ (Chile) Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ente ...

, HQ; Santiago

Colombia

*Cristovisión, HQ;

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city ...

Congo, Democratic Republic of

*Zénith Radio-Télévision, HQ;

Lubumbashi Lubumbashi ( , ; former ; former ) is the second-largest Cities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the country's southeasternmost part, along the border with Zambia. The capital ...

Croatia

Laudato TV Laudato TV is a Croatian local television station based in Zagreb (with studio in Split also). Television started its broadcasting at Christmas 2015. It was the most-viewed local television in Croatia in 2019.KTO (TV channel) KTO is a French-language Catholic television channel. It is broadcast in France, Belgium, and Switzerland, as well as francophone countries in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa. History The channel was founded in 1999 by Jean-Marie Lustiger ...

, HQ; Malakoff, near Paris. Broadcasts in France, Belgium, and Switzerland

Germany

EWTN The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is an American basic cable television network which presents around-the-clock Catholic programming. It is the largest Catholic television network in America, and is purported to be "the world's larges ...

Deutschland - Katholisches TV, HQ; Kőln * K-TV Katholisches Fernsehen, HQ; Wangen im Allgäu. A religious broadcasting network in Germany

India

* Divyavani TV, HQ;

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

, Telangana * Goodness (TV channel), HQ; Kochi, Kerala * Madha TV, HQ;

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

, Tamil Nadu *

Shalom (TV channel) Shalom TV is an Indian malayalam language free to air television channel based in the state of Kerala. It broadcasts programming catering primarily to a Catholic Christian audience. In addition to liturgical content, Shalom Television air ...

, HQ; Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala * Shekinah TV, HQ; Thalikode, Kerala

Italy/Vatican

Padre Pio TV Padre Pio TV, formerly known as Tele Radio Padre Pio, is a Catholic television channel belonging to the Capuchin Friars of San Giovanni Rotondo, a city in the province of Foggia, Italy, the place where lived and died the saint Padre Pio of Pietre ...

, HQ; San Giovanni Rotondo *

Telepace Telepace is an Italy-based broadcasting network, established in 1979, that carries Roman Catholic-themed programming. The programs include programming from Centro Televisivo Vaticano. Its headquarters are in Cerna, a frazione of Sant'Anna d'Alfa ...

, HQ; Cerna *

TV2000 TV2000 is an Italy-based broadcasting network that carries Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide ...

, HQ; Roma *

Vatican Media Vatican Media, formerly Centro Televisivo Vaticano from 1983 to 2017, is the national broadcaster of the Holy See. It first aired in 1983 and is based in Vatican City. Overview Created in 1983 by Pope John Paul II, Vatican Media has been legal ...

, HQ; Roma

Lebanon

Télé Lumière Télé Lumière is the first Christian television station in Lebanon and the Arab world and was founded in 1991. Since 2003, it also broadcasts satellite programming worldwide under the name Noursat. It is operated by the Catholic bishops conferen ...

, HQ; Beirut

Malawi

* Luntha TV, HQ:

Lilongwe Lilongwe (, ,) is the capital and largest city of Malawi. It has a population of 989,318 as of the 2018 Census, up from a population of 674,448 in 2008. In 2020, that figure was 1,122,000. The city is located in the central region of Malawi, i ...

Mexico

*María Visión, HQ;

Zapopan Zapopan () is a city and municipality located in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Part of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, Zapopan is the largest city in the state. It's best known as the home of the Virgin of Zapopan, an image of the Virgin ...

Netherlands

KRO-NCRV KRO-NCRV is a Dutch public broadcasting company based in Hilversum established on 1 January 2014 from a merger of the broadcasters Catholic Radio Broadcasting (KRO) and the Dutch Christian Radio Association (NCRV), transmitting on NPO 1, NPO ...

, HQ; Hilversum

Nigeria

Catholic Television of Nigeria Catholic Television Nigeria is a Catholic television network based in Abuja, Nigeria. It is intended to be used as a tool of evangelisation to deepen the faith of the Catholic faithful within and outside Nigeria. Though yet to acquire a standar ...

, HQ; Abuja * Lumen Christi TV, HQ;

Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...

. See television network in Nigeria

Pakistan

Catholic TV (Pakistan) Good News Catholic TV was established in 2009 and was the first Catholic television broadcast channel in Pakistan. The cable channel and other Christian broadcasts were banned by the government of Pakistan in 2016. Good News Catholic TV continue ...

, former Pakistani television channel

Panama

FETV (Panama) FETV is a television network that broadcasts on channel 5 in Panama City, and is headquartered in Panama City, Panama, with repeaters throughout the country. The network and stations broadcast in the NTSC format. The network takes its name from ...

, HQ; Panama City

Peru

* JN19 TV, HQ;

San Miguel District, Lima San Miguel is one of the 43 districts that are part of the Lima province and of the urban area of Lima, Peru. It is bordered by the districts of Bellavista and downtown Lima on the north; Pueblo Libre, Magdalena del Mar and downtown Lima on th ...

Philippines

Cebu Catholic Television Network Cebu Catholic Television Network (CCTN) is a Terrestrial television, broadcast television channel owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu and Fil-Products Group of Companies in the Philippines. The station's studios are located at the C ...

, HQ; Cebu *

TV Maria TV Maria is a national Catholic television channel broadcasting from Manila, Philippines. Owned by TV Maria Foundation Philippines (a non-profit, non-stock organization under the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines and the Roman Cat ...

, HQ; Manila

Poland

* Telewizja Trwam, HQ; Toruń

Portugal

* Angelus TV, HQ; Fátima

Puerto Rico

WORO-DT WORO-DT (channel 13), branded on-air as TeleOro Canal 13, is an educational–religious independent television station licensed to Fajardo, Puerto Rico. United States. The station is owned by Grupo RTC under Puerto Rico's Roman Catholic Church ...

Canal 13 (Teleoro), HQ; San Juan

South Korea

* Catholic Peace Broadcasting Corporation (CPBC), HQ;

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

. See

Andrew Yeom Soo-jung Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (; born 5 December 1943) is a Korean prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of Seoul from 2012 to 2021, while also holding the title of Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Pyongyang in North Korea. P ...

Spain

Cadena COPE COPE, an acronym for Cadena de Ondas Populares Españolas ("People's Radiowaves of Spain Network") formerly called Radio Popular, is a Spanish language radio station. It is the second most listened to in Spain's generalist radio. Owned by the S ...

Television, HQ; Madrid *

Trece (Spanish TV channel) TRECE (formerly called 13TV) is a Spanish free-to-air television channel run by the Episcopal Conference of Spain, belonging to Radio Popular group together with the radio stations COPE, Rock FM, Cadena 100 and MegaStar FM, and the TV network Pop ...

, HQ; Madrid

Sri Lanka

* Verbum TV, HQ;

Ragama Ragama ( ) is a suburb of Gampaha, located in the Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is governed by the Ja-Ela Divisional Secretariat. History In July 1874 a rail line, known as the Breakwater line, was opened connecting the Har ...

United States

* Catholic Faith Network, HQ; Uniondale, New York *

CatholicTV The CatholicTV Network, commonly known as CatholicTV, is a Catholic television network based in Watertown, Massachusetts. CatholicTV first launched locally in Boston in 1955, making it the oldest Catholic television network in the United States. ...

, HQ; Watertown, Massachusetts *

Eternal Word Television Network The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is an American basic cable television network which presents around-the-clock Catholic programming. It is the largest Catholic television network in America, and is purported to be "the world's larges ...

, HQ; Irondale, Alabama. The world's largest religious media network. * KIFR, US, HQ; Fresno, California *

New Evangelization Television New Evangelization Television, or NET-TV, is a Catholic Church, Catholic television network based in Brooklyn, New York. The network is owned by DeSales Media Group, the communications arm of the Diocese of Brooklyn, which encompasses the borough ...

, HQ; Brooklyn, New York *

Shalom World Shalom World is a 24-hour, commercial-free, English-language television channel that broadcasts spiritual and religious programs related to the Christian faith. The channel broadcasts Catholic Mass, documentaries, animations, music videos, conc ...

, HQ; Edinburg, Texas

Venezuela

* Niños Cantores Televisión, HQ; Zulia *

Vale TV Vale TV ''(Valores Educativos Televisión)'' (formerly a public-owned educational channel in Venezuela called Televisora Nacional) is a television channel run by Asociación Civil, a non-profit association owned by the Roman Catholic Archbishop ...

, HQ; Caracas

Zambia

* Lumen TV Zambia, HQ;

Lusaka Lusaka ( ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zambia. It is one of the fastest-developing cities in southern Africa. Lusaka is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about . , the city's population was abo ...

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