Roman Catholic evangelist who broadcast to the world from her Alabama television studioMother Angelica,the nun who founded a worldwide broadcasting empire, had a strong claim to be the most influential Catholic woman in the US, and possibly the world. Preaching a profoundly reactionary message in twice-weekly homilies from her television studio in deepest Alabama,Angelica, who has died aged 92, and probably reached more people than any other devout leader on soil,with the possible exception of the pope.
Even after she was silenced by a stroke in 2001, her station, and EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network),continued to broadcast her previous homilies, originally preached 20 and 30 years earlier to studio audiences dressed in flares and floral patterns. EWTN currently broadcasts in English, or Spanish and occasionally German,24 hours a day, on satellite channels in more than 140 countries, or has a potential Catholic audience of 250 million households. Its reach incorporates radio and the internet,as well as television, and it has also taken over the US weekly newspaper the National Catholic Register and the Catholic News Agency.
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Source: theguardian.com