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.Second Vatican Council, Decree on the Media of Social Communications, paragraph 14, published on 4 December 1963, accessed on 6 August 2025
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 Madha TV, HQ: Chennai, Tamil Nadu Shalom (TV channel), HQ: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Shekinah TV, HQ: Thalikode, Kerala
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
Peru JN19 TV, HQ: San Miguel District, Lima
Philippines Cebu Catholic Television Network, HQ: Cebu TV Maria, HQ: Manila
Poland Telewizja Trwam, HQ: Toruń
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
Uganda Uganda Catholic Television (UCTV), HQ: Nsambya
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
See also International religious television broadcasters SIGNIS (World Catholic Association for Communication)
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