Vatican Media, formerly Centro Televisivo Vaticano, is the

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of R ...

's national broadcaster based in

Vatican City Vatican City (), officially the Vatican City State ( it, Stato della Città del Vaticano; la, Status Civitatis Vaticanae),—' * german: Vatikanstadt, cf. '—' (in Austria: ') * pl, Miasto Watykańskie, cf. '—' * pt, Cidade do Vati ...

which first aired in 1983.

History of the channel

Created in 1983 by

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

, Vatican Media is, since November 1996, an institution legally associated with The Vatican.

Organization

Board of directors

Directors

*Archives director,

John Patrick Foley John Patrick Foley (November 11, 1935 – December 11, 2011) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. From 2007 until 2011, he was Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, an order of knighthood u ...

: 1984–1989 *Emilio Rossi: 1989–2008 *

Claudio Maria Celli Claudio Maria Celli (born 20 July 1941), is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. An archbishop, Celli was President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications from 2007 to 2016. Biography Archbishop Celli was born in Rim ...

: since 26 May 2009

General directors

Giovanni Marra Giovanni Marra (5 February 1931 – 11 July 2018) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate. Ordained to the priesthood in 1953, Marra was appointed bishop of Usula in 1986. He subsequently led the Military Ordinariate of Italy The Military Ordinar ...

: 1984 – 7 June 1986 *Ugo Moretto: May 1997 – June 2001 * Federico Lombardi: 11 July 2001 – 22 January 2013 * Dario Edoardo Viganò: 22 January 2013 – 21 December 2015 *Stefano D’Agostini: since 21 December 2015

Administrative secretaries

*Antonio Mandelli: 1988–2001 *Roberto Romolo: since 2001

Missions

Vatican Media's main goal is the universal expansion of

Catholicism The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

by creating television materials and broadcasting images of the

pope The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...

and of Vatican activities.

Programs

Programs are mainly based on what happens in the Vatican. Daily prayers such as ''

Angelus The Angelus (; Latin for "angel") is a Catholic devotion commemorating the Incarnation of Christ. As with many Catholic prayers, the name ''Angelus'' is derived from its incipit—the first few words of the text: ("The Angel of the Lord ...

'', general audiences on Wednesdays, and various celebrations are broadcast. The pope's travels around the world are also broadcast. Each year, CTV broadcasts around 130 events in the Vatican and covers daily public activities of the pope and his main activities outside the Vatican. '' Octava Dies'' is a weekly magazine of 25 minutes broadcast in the entire world since

Easter Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the '' Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samue ...

1998. It is also broadcast by Italian Catholic television channels and by press agencies such as APTN. It is available in English and Italian on the Vatican's website (broadcast every Sunday at 12:30 after the Angelus).

Broadcast (Vatican Television Center)

Live broadcasts are made on the Vatican's website and by other Italian catholic television channels such as

Telepace Telepace is an Italy-based broadcasting network, established in 1979, that carries Roman Catholic-themed programming. The programs include programming from Centro Televisivo Vaticano. Its headquarters are in Cerna, a frazione of Sant'Anna d'Al ...

or TV2000, and foreign television channels such as KTO. The Vatican does not have its own television station. If asked Vatican Media also gives images to other television channels for events in the Vatican or during the pope's visits around the world. In the Vatican, it can offer assistance setting up press centers and press conferences, and also with services for special reporters and video and audio help for foreign television channels. "It conducts around 130 live broadcasts per annum, produces documentaries, creates a weekly magazine program called ''Octava Dies'' that is distributed internationally, and serves as an archival facility for all of its footage. On Sundays the station uses Intelsat to broadcast the pope's Angelus to the United States.""Vatican City State Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers - television, broadcasting, government, censorship, agency". ''www.pressreference.com''. Retrieved 2019-11-19.

Production

Vatican Media produced many documentaries during the reigns of

and

Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereig ...

. It made documentaries on the lives of the popes, on the Vatican City, and on the main churches of Catholicism. They were mainly broadcast in Italian but also in English, Spanish, French and other languages.

Archive center

Vatican Media owns a library of more than 10000 recordings, amounting to 4000 hours of recordings and images of Pope John Paul II's pontificate since 1984. This library is open to foreign television channels and to documentary producers from throughout the world. The Vatican Media Center is open Monday to Saturday from 9a.m. to 1p.m.

Logos

File:Logo CTV 1983-2011.png, Logo in use from 22 October 1983 to 28 June 2011. File:Vatican Media.svg, Logo in use since 2017

References

External links

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Livestream Vatican Media
on

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