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EWTN Global Catholic Network, founded in 1981 by Mother Mary Angelica, PCPA, is the largest religious media network in the world. EWTN’s 11 TV channels are broadcast in multiple languages 24 hours a day, seven days a week to over 425 million television households in more than 160 countries and territories. EWTN platforms also include radio services transmitted through SIRIUS/XM, iHeart Radio, and over 500 domestic and international AM & FM radio affiliates; a worldwide shortwave radio service; one of the largest Catholic websites in the U.S.; electronic and print news services, including Catholic News Agency, “The National Catholic Register” newspaper, and several global news wire services; as well as EWTN Publishing, its book publishing division.

Magnificat is a Catholic publishing firm based in the New York City area. The firm's flagship publication is "Magnificat," an award-winning, pocket-sized prayer booklet and devotional guide published each month in English, Spanish, French, German and Lithuanian. The English edition, introduced in 1998, has a monthly circulation of approximately 230,000. Presented in a day-by-day format, each "Magnificat" includes the daily Mass readings, morning and evening prayers, Saint profiles, a sacred art commentary and other spiritual writings. Magnificat also publishes Advent, Lenten and Rosary Companions as well as "MagnifiKid!," a Sunday Mass guide read each week by more than 30,000 children in the United States. Magnificat has published several books, including the bestsellers "Benedictus," "The Wonders of Lourdes," "Praying with Saint Paul," "The Seven Last Words of Jesus," "Splendors of the Magnificat" and "Praying with Saint Matthew's Gospel." In 2010, the firm also unveiled a new line of children's books (in association with Ignatius Press).

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is an assembly of the hierarchy of the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands who jointly exercise certain pastoral functions on behalf of the Christian faithful of the United States. The purpose of the Conference is to promote the greater good which the Church offers humankind, especially through forms and programs of the apostolate fittingly adapted to the circumstances of time and place. The Gospel of Christ and the teachings of his Church guide the work of the USCCB. The work of the Conference is rooted in three general mission goals and organized into three key areas of responsibility. 1. To act collaboratively and consistently on vital issues confronting the Church and society 2. To foster communion with the Church in other nations, within the Church universal, under the leadership of its supreme pastor, the Roman Pontiff 3. To offer appropriate assistance to each bishop in fulfilling his particular ministry in the local Church