''Octava Dies'' is a 25-minute weekly
TV magazine
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show, which broadcasts worldwide since
Easter
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1998. It is also broadcast by Italian
Catholic
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television channels and by press agencies such as APTN. It is available in
English and
Italian
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on the Vatican's website (broadcast every Sunday at 12:30 after the
Angelus
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).
The magazine is part of the Vatican Television Center (CTV) programs, which are transmitted by the national broadcaster of the state of
Vatican City
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. This specific weekly program highlights the activities of
Pope Francis
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and the
Holy See
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. Taped at the Vatican and in other places visited by the Pope in the course of his day-to-day ministry.
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''Octava Dies''
, official webpage in . URL accessed November 30, 2012
Vatican Central Television was first aired in 1983.
References
External links
''Octava Dies'' Official Webpage
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