Catholic television

Last updated September 12, 2025

Catholic television refers to television networks and programs based on the teachings of the Catholic Church. The Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Media of Social Communications (1963) sought to promote, "where it may be necessary", the establishment of Catholic radio and television stations.^[1]

Networks

Argentina

Canal Orbe 21, HQ: Buenos Aires

Brazil

Canção Nova, HQ: Cachoeira Paulista, SP
Rede Vida, HQ: São José do Rio Preto, SP; Launched in 1995
TV Aparecida, HQ: Aparecida, SP; Launched in 2005

Canada

Salt + Light Television, HQ: Toronto

Chile

TV+ (Chile), HQ: Santiago

Colombia

Cristovisión, HQ: Bogotá

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Zénith Radio-Télévision, HQ: Lubumbashi

Croatia

Laudato TV (Laudato Televizija), HQ: Zagreb

France

KTO (TV channel), HQ: Malakoff, near Paris. Broadcasts in France, Belgium, and Switzerland

Germany

EWTN Deutschland - Katholisches TV, HQ: Kőln
K-TV Katholisches Fernsehen, HQ: Wangen im Allgäu. A religious broadcasting network in Germany

India

Divyavani TV, HQ: Hyderabad, Telangana
Goodness (TV channel), HQ: Kochi, Kerala^{[ citation needed ]}
Madha TV, HQ: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Shalom (TV channel), HQ: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Shekinah TV, HQ: Thalikode, Kerala^{[ citation needed ]}

Italy/Vatican

Padre Pio TV, HQ: San Giovanni Rotondo
Telepace, HQ: Cerna
TV2000, HQ: Roma
Vatican Media, HQ: Roma

Lebanon

Télé Lumière, HQ: Beirut

Malawi

Luntha TV, HQ: Lilongwe

Mexico

María Visión, HQ: Zapopan

Netherlands

KRO-NCRV, HQ: Hilversum

Nigeria

Catholic Television of Nigeria, HQ: Abuja
Lumen Christi TV, HQ: Lagos. See television network in Nigeria

Pakistan

Catholic TV (Pakistan), former Pakistani television channel

Panama

FETV (Panama), HQ: Panama City

Portugal

Angelus TV, HQ: Fátima

Puerto Rico

WORO-DT Canal 13 (Teleoro), HQ: San Juan

South Korea

CPBC (Catholic Peace Broadcasting Corporation), HQ: Seoul. See Andrew Yeom Soo-jung

Spain

Cadena COPE Television, HQ: Madrid
Trece, HQ: Madrid

Sri Lanka

Verbum TV, HQ: Ragama

United States

Catholic Faith Network, HQ: Uniondale, New York
CatholicTV, HQ: Watertown, Massachusetts
Eternal Word Television Network, HQ: Irondale, Alabama. The world's largest religious media network.
KIFR, US, HQ: Fresno, California
New Evangelization Television, HQ: Brooklyn, New York
Shalom World, HQ: Edinburg, Texas

Venezuela

Niños Cantores Televisión, HQ: Zulia
Vale TV, HQ: Caracas

Zambia

Lumen TV Zambia, HQ: Lusaka

References

↑ Second Vatican Council, Decree on the Media of Social Communications, paragraph 14, published on 4 December 1963, accessed on 6 August 2025

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[1] Second Vatican Council, Decree on the Media of Social Communications, paragraph 14, published on 4 December 1963, accessed on 6 August 2025

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