EWTN Archives

Müller’s defense of ‘Amoris Laeitia’ reads it in Church tradition
- Commentary, Vatican
- June 3, 2017
Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, says ‘Amoris Laetitia’ only allows divorced and remarried access to the sacraments of Communion and Reconciliation “if they are ready to live as sisters and brothers,” and refrain from sexual relations.
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Pope taps James Martin and EWTN chief as communications consultants
- Global Church
- April 12, 2017
Pope Francis has green-lighted the appointment of Jesuit Father James Martin and Michael Warsaw, Chairman of the Board for ETWN, as two of the 13 new consultants for the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communications. For American Catholics, those names can’t help but suggest an effort by the pontiff to project balance, since Martin is seen as progressive and EWTN as fairly conservative.
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New children’s adventure book promises a Wilder journey
- Interviews
- March 29, 2017
The second book in the Will Wilder children’s series has recently been published. Will is a boy who can see evil spirits, and must learn how to use his gift to help his friends on a new adventure. In this interview, the author, Raymond Arroyo, discusses his inspiration.
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Mother Angelica: A female powerhouse in a ‘supposedly sexist’ Church

On the one year anniversary of her death Mother Angelica, EWTN foundress and a pioneer of the New Evangelization, offers a lasting example of strong female leadership not only when it comes to breaking barriers in secular media but also in the widely patriarchal Catholic Church.

EWTN to launch new weekly pro-life show

EWTN Global Catholic Network is launching a new half-hour weekly program focusing on promoting the culture of life. The joint project of EWTN and the Susan B. Anthony List, will feature Catherine Szeltner, formerly a correspondent of EWTN News Nightly, as its host.

Benedict XVI: Mother Angelica was ‘a great woman’

“Mother Angelica was a great woman, very brave,” Pope emeritus Benedict XVI said during a meeting with the editorial staff of the EWTN-backed Italian-language news agency ACI Stampa. Mother Angelica, the founder of the EWTN Global Catholic Network, died on Easter of 2016 at 92.