EWTN To Air Solemn Mass of Inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI and Encore the Exclusive 2003 EWTN Interview with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger

Irondale, AL (EWTN) - EWTN Global Catholic Network will air the Solemn Mass of Inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI in its entirety on television, radio and the Internet (www.ewtn.com), according to Michael Warsaw, EWTN’s President. Additionally, the network will re-air the 2003 EWTN exclusive interview with then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger hosted by Raymond Arroyo, EWTNews director and host of The World Over Live.

The Mass will air LIVE on Sunday, April 24th at 4AM and will encore at 10AM, 3PM, 9PM, Monday, April 25th at 12AM, 4AM, with a final encore presentation at 1PM. The World Over Live interview with Cardinal Ratzinger will air on Sunday, April 24th at 8 PM, April 25th at 11PM and on April 29th at 10AM.

EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 24th year, is available in 110 million television households in 110 countries. And with its direct broadcast satellite service, satellite delivered AM & FM radio networks, its worldwide short-wave radio station, Internet website www.ewtn.com and publishing arm, EWTN is the largest religious media network in the world.