Padre Pio TV
# Padre Pio TV

Padre Pio TV, formerly known as Tele Radio Padre Pio, is a Catholic television channel belonging to the Capuchin Friars of San Giovanni Rotondo, a city in the province of Foggia, Italy, the place where lived and died the saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina to whom the TV channel is dedicated.

## Distribution

Padre Pio TV programming is broadcast on digital terrestrial television systems to the entire national territory of Italy on channel position 145. Padre Pio TV is available to free-to-air satellite television viewers in Europe and the Mediterranean area via Eutelsat Hot Bird 13C @ 13,0° Est Trasponder 158, in the frequency of 11,662 MHz, Trasponder 158, DVB-S2 8PSK, Vertical pole, 27,500 Ms / s, 3/4, with the name Padre Pio TV. It also broadcasts on a radio broadcasting system to the outskirts of the province of Foggia.

Internet users can view the channel through the website padrepio.tv, or with applications for iOS or Android mobile devices.

## Programming

### Religious services and devotional programs

A partial listing of Padre Pio TV schedule:

* Candles procession from the Sanctuary of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
* The Angelus from the Basilica of the Holy House in Loreto
* Holy Mass from the Church of Saint Mary of Graces (San Giovanni Rotondo)
* Rosary from the crypt of Church of Saint Mary of Graces (San Giovanni Rotondo)
* Chaplet of the Divine Mercy
* Dialogo

## Patron saints

Saint Mary of Graces is considered the co-patroness of Padre Pio TV. The patron saint of this Italian Catholic channel is Saint Pio of Pietrelcina.

The Italian singer and TV host Raffaella Carrà, a devotee of Padre Pio, was considered the channel's godmother.

