Irondale, Ala., Aug 17, 2018 / 14:20 pm
EWTN Global Catholic Network announced Friday that Daniel Burke has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of EWTN News, Inc. Burke has been until now Executive Director of EWTN's National Catholic Register.
The appointment is effective immediately. In his new role, Burke will oversee and direct EWTN's global news operations, including EWTN News Nightly with Lauren Ashburn, The World Over with Raymond Arroyo, EWTN Pro-Life Weekly, Force for Good, the Washington, D.C. News Production group, The National Catholic Register, Catholic News Agency, the ACI Group, ChurchPop, and EWTN's Vatican Bureau.
In a statement, Burke said that EWTN Foundress Mother Angelica "changed the face of Catholicism in America as she advanced the Gospel through her use of the media."
Today, Mother Angelica's legacy continues through EWTN, he said, and Catholic news contributes to the network's mission of worldwide evangelization.