The National Catholic Register Wins Best Catholic Newspaper Award
The Register, Now Part of the EWTN Family, is Named Winner for Best Catholic Newspaper in the 2011 About.com Catholicism Readers' Choice Awards
Irondale, AL (EWTN) – On March 15, 2011, the National Catholic Register was selected as the About.com 2011 Readers' Choice Award for best Catholic newspaper. Now in its fourth year, the About.com Readers' Choice Awards honor the best products, features and services across more than a dozen categories, ranging from technology to hobbies to parenting and more, as selected by its readers.
"This year's Readers' Choice Awards program had a record number of nominations submitted across more than a dozen categories and featured hundreds of finalists," said Margot Weiss, Managing Editor, About.com. "We are thankful to all our readers for their participation and congratulate The National Catholic Register on their success."
“It’s clear from the voting that faithful Catholic journalism is on the rise. We want to thank all the voters who honor the Register and our faithfulness to the Pope and the Magisterium of the Church with About.com’s award for Best Catholic Newspaper. This is a reflection of the hard work of a lot of good people who are dedicated to the mission of the New Evangelization. We acknowledge our responsibility as a faithful Catholic journalism enterprise, and About.com’s award serves as a reminder of that responsibility,” said TomWehner, Managing Editor for the Register.
EWTN Global Catholic Network has taken ownership of the National Catholic Register as of February 1, 2011. EWTN News, Inc. was launched as a subsidiary of EWTN Global Catholic Network this past January as the Register became its first division.
As part of this new arrangement Michael P. Warsaw, who continues to serve as the Network’s president and chief executive officer, has been named publisher of the National Catholic Register.
“As the Register’s new publisher, I can’t tell you how excited I am to be able to continue EWTN’s mission of presenting the news of the world through the lens of the Church. I may be an unfamiliar face to most readers of the paper, but the Register certainly isn’t new to me. I’ve been a longtime reader, so when we were looking into the possibility of acquiring the newspaper and website, I knew exactly what the Register’s gifts were. Now that the acquisition is a reality, I’m pleased to welcome the Register and all its employees to the EWTN family.” said Warsaw.
To view the Register’s award, please visit http://awards.about.com.
EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 30th 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, electronic and print news services, and publishing arm, EWTN, is the largest religious media network in the world.
The National Catholic Register (www.ncregister.com) provides its readers with timely news reporting from across the United States, the Vatican, and around the world. As the newspaper of record for the Catholic Church in America, the National Catholic Register and its online presence, NCRegister.com, have become America’s most complete and faithful Catholic news source. It is published biweekly, 26 issues per year. To find out more about the Register, go to: http://www.ncregister.com/info/about_the_register
