EWTN To Air Pope’s Visit to Spain Live

Irondale, AL (EWTN) – EWTN Global Catholic Network will provide live coverage of every public event during Pope Benedict XVI’s historic visit to Spain Nov.6-7. Coverage will be aired on all nine EWTN Television Networks worldwide, and can be heard in English, Spanish, French and German; on EWTN Radio Network, and at www.ewtn.com through live streaming video. (Find EWTN Television at www.ewtn.com/channelfinder and EWTN Radio at http://www.ewtn.com/radio/amfm.htm or on Sirius Satellite Channel 160.)

EWTN’s coverage of these events will begin at 6:30 a.m. ET, Sat., Nov. 6 with the Pope’s arrival in Santiago de Compostela for a welcoming ceremony with the Prince and Princess of Asturias, followed by his visit to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela at 8 a.m. ET, and the celebration of Mass at 11:30 a.m. ET, after which the Pope will pronounce a Compostela Holy Year in the city’s outdoor plaza.

On Sun., Nov. 7, coverage begins with Mass at the Church of the “Sagrada Familia” (Holy Family) at 4 a.m. ET, followed by the Angelus in the outdoor square. At 11:15 a.m. ET, EWTN will televise the Pope’s visit to a church-run education, social and medical center in Barcelona. Finally, at 12:30 p.m. ET, viewers may enjoy the farewell ceremony and speech by the Pope at the Barcelona Airport.

EWTN Radio Network will air the Mass at Santiago de Compostela at 5 p.m. ET, Sat., Nov. 6, and the Mass at Sagrada Familia at noon ET, Sun., Nov. 7. We invite viewers to tell their friends about this event on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and more – and to tweet about this event using the hashtag #EWTN.

EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 29th year, is available in over 160 million television households in more than 140 countries and territories. With its direct broadcast satellite television and radio services, AM & FM radio networks, worldwide short-wave radio station, Internet website www.ewtn.com and publishing arm, EWTN is the largest religious media network in the world.