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'''CatholicTV <sup>®</sup>''' is a [[Roman Catholic]] television network based in [[Boston]], Massachusetts. It is seen on cable systems in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, New York, Michigan, Ohio, California and Louisiana, as well as on [[Massachusettshttp://www.catholictv.com the Internet], Sky Angel IPTV, with selections available at iTunes and via digital C band satellite, via AMC 11. It '''CatholicTV''' broadcasts programs considered programming relevant to Catholic viewers , including [http://www.catholictv.org/WhatsToWatch/Detail.aspx?seriesID=29 the Daily Mass]live on Sunday and weekdays and a wide variety of Catholic educational and inspirational programming. This includes live talk shows such as [http://www.catholictv.org/WhatsToWatch/Detail.aspx?seriesID=72 "This is the Day"], [http://www.catholictv.org/WhatsToWatch/Detail.aspx?seriesID=63 the Holy Rosary], the Divine Mercy Chaplet and Benediction, catachetical programs, music shows, entertainment/variety shows, youth and children's programming. '''CatholicTV''' also broadcasts programming and international events from Vatican Television [http://www.catholictv.org/WhatsToWatch/Detail.aspx?seriesID=29 Catholic events from the Vatican], such as the death of Pope [[John Paul II]], the election and journeys of Pope Benedict XVI and World Youth Day 2008 from Sydney Australia at [http://www.PopeinAustralia.com PopeInAustralia.com]. ===History=== Originally under the call letters WIHS and then the name ''Boston Catholic Television (BCTV)'', CatholicTV's first program was broadcast on the morning of January 1, 1955 when then-Archbishop Richard Cardinal Cushing celebrated a Pontifical Low Mass in the new Catholic television studios on Granby Street in Boston.
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