Selected EWTN programs now available as podcasts for MP3 players

Published: 2005-10-26

IRONDALE, Ala. (CNS) -- EWTN Global Catholic Network is now offering podcasts of selected programs in MP3 format at no charge on its Web site at www.ewtn.com. Podcast listeners typically download audio files from the Web to a computer, then transfer the files to a digital audio player, such as Apple's iPod, for listening at another time. An estimated 22 million Americans own portable MP3 players and 6 million of them have downloaded podcasts from the Internet. "Throughout our 25-year history, EWTN has always embraced new technology to carry out its mission of evangelization," said Michael P. Warsaw, EWTN president, in a statement. "This new podcasting initiative complements our existing audio and video streaming and enables us to spread the Gospel to an even wider audience." Available programs will include readings and the homily from the televised daily Mass; daily installments of EWTN's Open Line radio programs; and weekly installments of "Sunday Night Live," "The Journey Home," "Mother Angelica Live Classics," "Threshold of Hope" and "EWTN Live."

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