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Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation (born Rita Antoinette Rizzo; April 20, 1923 – March 27, 2016), commonly referred to as Mother Angelica, was an American Roman Catholic nun of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration. She was most widely known for the television show Mother Angelica Live. She founded the international broadcast cable television network Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), which is purported to be "the world's largest religious media network". She also founded the radio network WEWN, a radio network utilized by members of the Catholic Church as a means to spread their beliefs.
In 1981, Angelica started broadcasting religious programs from a converted garage in Birmingham, Alabama. Over the next 20 years, she developed a media network that included radio, TV, and internet channels as well as print media. Angelica hosted shows on EWTN until 2001 when she had a stroke. She continued to live in the cloistered monastery in Hanceville, Alabama, until she died in 2016.
In 1981, Angelica started broadcasting religious programs from a converted garage in Birmingham, Alabama. Over the next 20 years, she developed a media network that included radio, TV, and internet channels as well as print media. Angelica hosted shows on EWTN until 2001 when she had a stroke. She continued to live in the cloistered monastery in Hanceville, Alabama, until she died in 2016.