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He died Mother Angelica, a Catholic nun who used the garage of a monastery to start a television ministry that grew into a global empire of religious media. He was 92.

“Our beloved founder has gone to the house of the Father . Pray for your rest. #ewtnMA” Said the channel in your account on the social network Twitter.

Rita Antoinette Francis Rizzo, known to millions of viewers simply as mother Angelica, founder of the Eternal World Television Network (Red Televisiva the Eternal World) died on Sunday Easter in the rural monastery where he lived about 72 kilometers north of Birmingham, said the president and CEO of the EWTN, Michael P. Warsaw.

Mother Angelica founded EWTN in 1981. he had a program that is seen in more than 140 countries . The channel went from 20 employees to nearly 400.

“The mother always has, and always will personify the EWTN , the network she founded. Ante disease and long tests of suffering , the example of joy and perseverance in prayer the mother epitomized the Franciscan spirit that was so dear “, Warsaw wrote in a press release issued Sunday night.

“I will thank God for mother Angelica and the gift of his remarkable life,” he added.

Mother Angelica was born in the city of Canton, Ohio, United States, April 20, 1923. She was the daughter of a family of Italian immigrants .

     

     

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