EWTN Global Catholic Network

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Catholic television network nonprofit organization religious media organization

EWTN Global Catholic Network is a major international Catholic television and media network that broadcasts religious programming, news, and devotional content to audiences worldwide.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
EWTN Global Catholic Network canonical	2
EWTN Africa	1
EWTN Deutschland	1
EWTN Español	1
EWTN News	1
EWTN Radio	1
EWTN Religious Catalogue	1
EWTN UK	1
Eternal Word Television Network Global Catholic Network	1
The Global Catholic Network	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T980222 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: EWTN Global Catholic Network
Context triple: [Irondale, Alabama, hasMediaOrganization, EWTN Global Catholic Network]

A. Vatican Radio
Vatican Radio is the official broadcasting service of the Holy See, transmitting news, religious programming, and papal messages worldwide in multiple languages.
B. Vatican News portal
The Vatican News portal is the Holy See’s official online platform for news, information, and multimedia content about the Pope and the global Catholic Church.
C. Vatican Television Center
Vatican Television Center was the official television production and broadcasting service of the Holy See, responsible for filming and distributing coverage of papal events and Vatican activities worldwide.
D. Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine is a Catholic organization best known for promoting religious education and overseeing widely used English translations of the Bible in the United States.
E. USCCB Publishing
USCCB Publishing is the publishing arm of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, producing official Catholic texts, liturgical books, and educational materials.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: EWTN Global Catholic Network
Target entity description: EWTN Global Catholic Network is a major international Catholic television and media network that broadcasts religious programming, news, and devotional content to audiences worldwide.

A. Vatican Radio
Vatican Radio is the official broadcasting service of the Holy See, transmitting news, religious programming, and papal messages worldwide in multiple languages.
B. Vatican News portal
The Vatican News portal is the Holy See’s official online platform for news, information, and multimedia content about the Pope and the global Catholic Church.
C. Vatican Television Center
Vatican Television Center was the official television production and broadcasting service of the Holy See, responsible for filming and distributing coverage of papal events and Vatican activities worldwide.
D. Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine is a Catholic organization best known for promoting religious education and overseeing widely used English translations of the Bible in the United States.
E. USCCB Publishing
USCCB Publishing is the publishing arm of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, producing official Catholic texts, liturgical books, and educational materials.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic television network ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ religious media organization ⓘ
broadcastArea	worldwide ⓘ
broadcastMedium	cable television ⓘ internet streaming ⓘ radio ⓘ satellite television ⓘ
broadcastsInLanguage	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Polish ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
broadcastsProgram	Divine Mercy ⓘ surface form: Chaplet of Divine Mercy Daily Mass ⓘ Eternal Word Television Network ⓘ surface form: EWTN Live Holy Rosary ⓘ Journey Home ⓘ The World Over ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
founded	1981 ⓘ
foundedBy	Mother Angelica ⓘ
founderReligiousOrder	Poor Clares ⓘ surface form: Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration
fullName	EWTN Global Catholic Network self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eternal Word Television Network Global Catholic Network
fundingModel	underwriting ⓘ viewer donations ⓘ
hasChannel	Eternal Word Television Network ⓘ surface form: EWTN Africa Eternal Word Television Network ⓘ surface form: EWTN Asia-Pacific Eternal Word Television Network ⓘ surface form: EWTN Español Eternal Word Television Network ⓘ surface form: EWTN HD Eternal Word Television Network ⓘ surface form: EWTN UK
hasService	Eternal Word Television Network ⓘ surface form: EWTN News Eternal Word Television Network ⓘ surface form: EWTN Online Eternal Word Television Network ⓘ surface form: EWTN Radio EWTN Global Catholic Network self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: EWTN Religious Catalogue
headquartersLocation	Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Birmingham metropolitan area Irondale, Alabama ⓘ surface form: Irondale, Alabama, United States
launchDate	1981-08-15 ⓘ
legalStatus	non-commercial ⓘ
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ
programmingFocus	Catholic catechesis ⓘ Catholic devotional programs ⓘ Catholic liturgy ⓘ Catholic news ⓘ pro-life programming ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
shortName	Eternal Word Television Network ⓘ surface form: EWTN
targetAudience	Catholics worldwide ⓘ Christian viewers interested in Catholic programming ⓘ
website	https://www.ewtn.com ⓘ

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