There is also a liberal sprinkling of not-so-liberal scholars expounding on Scripture, though most of the exegesis consists of a priest standing behind a podium reading directly from the Bible. On most weekdays, Bob and Penny Lord, the affably pious hosts of “The Miracles of the Eucharist,” function as spiritual tour guides, leading viewers to such places as the home of Blessed Faustina in Poland. Last month she televised the proceedings of the U.S. Third, unlike many other cable religion networks, Mother offers a wide variety of programming. Admit it: Are there many other nationwide cable shows that broadcast the Mass four times a day (and in Spanish on Sundays)? Now it may not be your kind of Mass, but Christ is there, isn’t he? Second, Mother provides a service to many television-watching Catholics. inclusive-language, empower-the-laity types, but she’s devoted to her church nonetheless. It might not be the kind of church preferred by you St.-Louis Jesuit-singing, Matthew-Fox-reading. is a woman who loves her church and is devoted to God. And when I speak of “Mother Angelica,” I am talking about the entire EWTN phenomenon: the network, the shows, the religious order, the Masses, the whole gestalt. While you’re digesting that last observation, let me now praise Mother Angelica. Bishops’ Conference or the latest papal encyclical. Mother Angelica is what many people think of when they think of the American Catholic Church.Ĭonsider this: For some Americans, Mother Angelica represents the Catholic Church-not the local bishop, or the U.S. Bishops’ Conference, or the latest papal encyclical, or America or Commonweal or the St. Consider this: For some Americans, she represents the Catholic Church-not the local bishop, or the U.S. This is, after all, a television column, and EWTN is the nation’s largest religious cable station, reaching 40 million homes in the United States and more than 20 countries overseas. She has, it should be noted, many fans.Īnyway, the time has now come to talk about Mother Angelica.
But from the volume of mail we received you’d have thought we had published a full-scale, 20 page attack on Mother Angelica. whom I characterized as “conservative.” The bulk of the article focused on scrappy little F&V, with only about 100 words on Mother. I mentioned that the network often found itself vying for space with Mother Angelica. Last October, in a piece about the ecumenical Faith & Values network.
I run the risk, I know, of getting into trouble if I write anything about Mother Angelica, the founder and guiding spirit of the popular Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). Click here to find America’s other coverage of EWTN. The following article appeared in the Aug.
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