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Vatican Radio

NameVatican Radio
Radio Vaticana
First air date1931
FormatNews, religious celebrations, in-depth programs, and music
AffiliationsWorld Radio Network
OwnerVatican City

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Vatican Radio ( ) is the official broadcasting service of the Vatican.

Set up in 1931 by Guglielmo Marconi, today its programs are offered in 47 languages, and are sent out on short wave (also DRM), medium wave, FM, satellite and the Internet. The Jesuit Order has been charged with the management of Vatican Radio since its inception. During World War II and the rise of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, Vatican Radio served as a source for news for the Allies as well as broadcasting pro-Allied (or simply neutral) propaganda. A week after Pope Pius XII ordered the programming, Vatican Radio broadcast to an unbelieving world that Poles and Jews were being rounded up and forced into ghettos.

Today, programming is produced by over two hundred journalists located in 61 different countries. Vatican Radio produces more than 42,000 hours of simultaneous broadcasting covering international news, religious celebrations, in-depth programs, and music. Current general director is Father Federico Lombardi, S.J.

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International donors help Malawians affected by HIV/AIDS - Vatican Radio Tweet this news
Vatican Radio--“We started in late June, early July, so we're definitely still in our infancy as a programme,” Powell told -Vatican Radio-. “The one activity that we've been ... - Date : Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:43:32 GMT+00:00
Fr. Lombardi: Vatican Press Secretary Reviews Pope's Past Year - Catholic Online Tweet this news
Catholic Online--ROME, Italy (-Vatican Radio-) - Five overseas trips, four pastoral visits in Italy, an Apostolic Exhortation, a consistory, 45 general audiences, ... - Date : Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:50:50 GMT+00:00
Pope is unsparing in analysis of sex-abuse scandal - Catholic Culture Tweet this news
Catholic Culture--[The full text of the papal address is available in an English translation on the -Vatican Radio- web site.] Pope Benedict devoted most of his speech to the ... - Date : Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:48:24 GMT+00:00
Haiti: 1 million in camps, 100000 with cholera - Catholic Culture Tweet this news
Catholic Culture---Vatican Radio- presents a sobering picture of life in Haiti nearly a year after the earthquake that claimed more than 200000 lives. “Even though there's been ... - Date : Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:29:57 GMT+00:00
ICRC helping displaced in Niger Delta - Vatican Radio Tweet this news
Vatican Radio--The media delegate for the ICRC in Abuja, Robin Waudo, told -Vatican Radio- that many of the people displaced by the violence now have nowhere to go. ... - Date : Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:23:56 GMT+00:00
Vatican, World Council of Churches to Meet Yearly - Catholic.net Tweet this news
Catholic.net--Linked to this symbol of cold weather, Olav Fykse Tveit spoke later with -Vatican Radio- about winter. "One says that we may now have an ecumenical winter," ... - Date : Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:49:56 GMT+00:00
Poorer countries have higher rates of hospital infections - Vatican Radio Tweet this news
Vatican Radio--“It's not about money,” he told -Vatican Radio-. “It is only pennies…they are really cheap stuff.” He says infections can be prevented by proper training, ... - Date : Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:49:51 GMT+00:00
CBCP to Vatican: On RH issue, laypeople defend the Catholic faith - GMANews.TV Tweet this news
GMANews.TV--Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president and Tandag Bishop Nereo Odchimar mentioned this in an interview with -Vatican Radio- in Rome ... - Date : Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:55:00 GMT+00:00
Pope, ecumenical leader discuss fate of Christians in Middle East - Catholic News Service Tweet this news
Catholic News Service--"We had a very open and friendly conversation," Fykse Tveit told -Vatican Radio-. He said the pope emphasized the importance of the World Council of Churches, ... - Date : Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:35:08 GMT+00:00
Pakistani leader may seek revision of blasphemy law, Vatican official says - Catholic Culture Tweet this news
Catholic Culture--Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, speaking on -Vatican Radio- after a 4-day visit to Pakistan, reported that Zardari has formed a commission to “re-examine the ... - Date : Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:57:15 GMT+00:00

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