KTO is a

French-language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in No ...

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television channel. It is broadcast in France, Belgium, and Switzerland, as well as

francophone French became an international language in the Middle Ages, when the power of the Kingdom of France made it the second international language, alongside Latin. This status continued to grow into the 18th century, by which time French was the ...

countries in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa.

History

The channel was founded in 1999 by

Jean-Marie Lustiger Aron Jean-Marie Lustiger (; 17 September 1926 – 5 August 2007) was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Paris from 1981 until his resignation in 2005. He was made a cardinal in 1983 by Pope John Paul II. His life ...

, who served as the

Archbishop of Paris The Archdiocese of Paris (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Parisiensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Paris'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is one of twenty-three archdioceses in France. ...

from 1981 to 2005. It is privately funded by 250,000 donors. Programs have included documentaries about the

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and Christians in Iraq, as well as funny skits. On 15 June 2019 KTO broadcast the first service live from Notre-Dame (in Paris) since the

fire Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction Product (chemistry), products. At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition ...

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French-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 1999 1999 establishments in France Catholic television channels {{Catholicism-stub

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