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	3
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	Chaplet of Divine Mercy ⓘ linked to: Divine Mercy Daily Mass ⓘ EWTN Live ⓘ linked to: Eternal Word Television Network Holy Rosary ⓘ Journey Home ⓘ The World Over ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
founded	1981 ⓘ
foundedBy	Mother Angelica ⓘ
founderReligiousOrder	Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration ⓘ linked to: Poor Clares
fullName	Eternal Word Television Network Global Catholic Network ⓘ linked to: EWTN Global Catholic Network
fundingModel	underwriting ⓘ viewer donations ⓘ
hasChannel	EWTN Africa ⓘ linked to: Eternal Word Television Network EWTN Asia-Pacific ⓘ linked to: Eternal Word Television Network EWTN Español ⓘ linked to: Eternal Word Television Network EWTN HD ⓘ linked to: Eternal Word Television Network EWTN UK ⓘ linked to: Eternal Word Television Network
hasService	EWTN News ⓘ linked to: Eternal Word Television Network EWTN Online ⓘ linked to: Eternal Word Television Network EWTN Radio ⓘ linked to: Eternal Word Television Network EWTN Religious Catalogue ⓘ linked to: EWTN Global Catholic Network
headquartersLocation	Birmingham metropolitan area ⓘ linked to: Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area Irondale, Alabama, United States ⓘ linked to: Irondale, Alabama
launchDate	1981-08-15 ⓘ
legalStatus	non-commercial ⓘ
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ
programmingFocus	Catholic catechesis ⓘ Catholic devotional programs ⓘ Catholic liturgy ⓘ Catholic news ⓘ pro-life programming ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
shortName	EWTN ⓘ linked to: Eternal Word Television Network
targetAudience	Catholics worldwide ⓘ Christian viewers interested in Catholic programming ⓘ
website	https://www.ewtn.com ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irondale, Alabama → hasMediaOrganization → EWTN Global Catholic Network ⓘ

Eternal Word Television Network → owner → EWTN Global Catholic Network ⓘ

Eternal Word Television Network → hasPart → EWTN Radio ⓘ