FOX News Channel to Present “America Together: Keeping the Faith” & Special Live Programming From Around the Globe in Cel...
April 09 2020 - 11:55AM
Business Wire
From 10AM-12PM/ET, FOX News’ Sandra Smith to
Anchor Two-Hour Special, Featuring an Easter Message from Franklin
Graham
FOX News Channel (FNC) will present extensive live programming
on Easter Sunday entitled, “America Together: Keeping the Faith,”
in celebration of the religious holy week on Sunday, April 12, as
the nation grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. Coverage across
the channel will encompass broadcasts from church services around
the world from the Vatican to New York City, as well as reporting
and live programming centered around the holiday. Content will also
be available on FOX News Digital.
Beginning at 5AM/ET, FNC will broadcast live Easter Sunday
services from St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City with Pope
Francis presiding and correspondent Amy Kellogg on location in
Florence. Continuing at 6AM/ET, FOX & Friends Weekend will
present a special edition holiday edition of the show with co-hosts
Pete Hegseth, Griff Jenkins and Jillian Mele interviewing priests
and pastors throughout the morning as they deliver their Easter
messages.
From 10AM-12PM/ET, FNC’s Sandra Smith will anchor a two-hour
block featuring live reports from FNC correspondents and segments
with priests, pastors and rabbis on site at Easter and Passover
celebrations around the globe, including Franklin Graham’s
20-minute Easter message. During his address, Graham, the son of
the late evangelist Billy Graham and president and CEO of
Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association,
will be joined by American singer Michael Smith while he delivers
his message from the Samaritan’s Purse emergency field hospital in
New York City’s Central Park. Both Sunday Morning Futures with
Maria Bartiromo and Mediabuzz w/ Howard Kurtz will be pre-empted in
the 10AM-12PM/ET timeslot.
In primetime, FNC will feature FOX Nation’s “Battle in the Holy
Land,” hosted by Pete Hegseth from 10-11PM/ET. Hegseth returns to
Israel and the Palestinian territories for the latest installment
in the streaming service’s “Battle In The Holy Land” series. The
special will provide viewers with firsthand insight into the fight
over the disputed area known as the West Bank.
FOXNews.com will also provide coverage of various religious
events beginning Friday April 10th, including Good Friday services
at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican presided by Pope Francis, as
well as the “Stations of the Cross" procession in St. Peter’s
Square. On Saturday, a livestream can be accessed for Easter vigil
at the Vatican. On Sunday throughout the day, viewers can stream
services online for Easter mass from the Vatican, St. Patrick’s
Cathedral in New York City, Washington’s National Cathedral,
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, as
well as First Baptist Dallas and Saddleback Church. Additionally,
viewers can also access Trinity Broadcasting Network’s Easter
Sunday program on FOXNews.com.
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been the most watched television news channel for more than 18
consecutive years, while FBN currently ranks as the number one
business channel on cable. Owned by FOX Corporation, FOX News Media
reaches 200 million people each month.
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