EWTN coverage of the papal transition

27 Feb 2013

By The Record

A technician works on a structure set up for TV media in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Feb. 26, the eve of Pope Benedict XVI's final weekly audience. The papacy of Pope Benedict will officially end Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. Rome time. PHOTO: CNS/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters
A technician works on a structure set up for TV media in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Feb. 26, the eve of Pope Benedict XVI’s final weekly audience. The papacy of Pope Benedict will officially end Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. Rome time. PHOTO: CNS/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters

For those who have EWTN, here is the schedule the US-based Catholic satellite TV station has been circulating this week for coverage of the papal transition.

PLEASE NOTE: the broadcast times are Sydney time. Because of time difference, for those here in WA programmed coverage will be three hours earlier.

1.       Papal Audience with Pope Benedict XVI (90:00)

Pope Benedict XVI’s last Papal Audience.

LIVE;  Wednesday, Feb. 27th 8 pm Sydney

Encore:  Thursday, Feb. 28th:  10:30 am Sydney

Encore:  Sunday, March 3rd:  10:30 am Sydney

2.       Pope Benedict XVI’s Meeting with Cardinals (90:00)

LIVE;  Thursday, Feb. 28th:  8:30 pm Sydney

Encore:  Saturday, March 2nd:  1:30 am Sydney

Encore:  Saturday, March 2nd:  2:30 pm Sydney

3.       Defenders of Faith in Word & Deed (30:00) Ep. 16

Looks at the life of  Pope Benedict XVI in his  former role as  Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, showing how he defended orthodoxy with great intelligence and strength.

Thursday, Feb. 28th:  10 pm Sydney

4.       Press Conference from Rome (60:00) (Title not in SIMS yet)

LIVE;  Thursday, Feb. 28th:  10:30 pm Sydney

Encore:  Saturday, March 2nd:  3:00 am Sydney

5.       Household of Faith (30:00) Ep. 9909

This discussion is on the Pope, the successor of Peter, the leader of the Catholic Church.

Thursday, Feb. 28th:  11:30 pm Sydney

6.       From Benedict to Benedict:  Ninety Years of the Knights of Columbus in Rome (30:00)

A retrospective look at the strong relationship between the Knights of Columbus and the Vatican from the time of Pope Benedict XV to the present day Benedict XVI.

Friday, March 1st:  2:00 am Sydney

7.       Pope Benedict XVI’s Departure from the Vatican to Castel Gandolfo (90:00)

LIVE;  Friday, March 1st:  2:30 am Sydney

Encore:  Saturday, March 2nd:  10:00 pm Sydney

8.       Mass in Tribute to Pope Benedict XVI (90:00)

From the Crypt Church of the  Basilica of the National Shrine of Immaculate Conception Washington D.C.

LIVE;  Friday, March 1st:  9:15 am Sydney

Encore:  Friday, March 1st:  8:30 pm Sydney

9.       Truth & Beauty:  A Musical Tribute to Pope Benedict XVI (60:00)

Choir performs from of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C.

Friday, March 1st:  3 pm Sydney

Friday, March 1st:  11:00 pm Sydney

Sunday, March 3rd:  4 pm Sydney

10.   Holy Hours for Life, Marriage & Religious (60:00)

Pray a Holy Hour with the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word for the preservation of our most basic rights and freedoms from Our Lady of the Angels Chapel in Irondale, AL.

Saturday, March 2nd :  4 pm Sydney