{"id":8772,"date":"2020-04-10T11:01:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T15:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=8772"},"modified":"2020-04-10T11:02:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T15:02:32","slug":"amid-covid-19-worship-restrictions-fox-news-offers-weekend-live-coverage-of-easter-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2020\/04\/amid-covid-19-worship-restrictions-fox-news-offers-weekend-live-coverage-of-easter-services.html","title":{"rendered":"Amid COVID-19 worship restrictions, Fox News offers weekend live coverage of Easter services"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith and media:<\/p>\n

Mass appeal<\/strong>. FOX News Channel (FNC) will present extensive live programming on Easter Sunday entitled, \u201cAmerica Together: Keeping the Faith,\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

Beginning at 5AM\/ET, FNC will broadcast live Easter Sunday services from St. Peter\u2019s Basilica in Vatican City with Pope Francis presiding and correspondent Amy Kellogg on location in Florence. Continuing at 6AM\/ET, FOX & Friends<\/i> Weekend<\/i> 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.<\/p>\n

From 10AM-12PM\/ET, FNC\u2019s 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\u2019s 20-minute Easter message. During his address, Graham, the son of the late evangelist Billy Graham and president and CEO of Samaritan\u2019s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, will be joined by American singer Michael Smith while he delivers his message from the Samaritan\u2019s Purse emergency field hospital New York City\u2019s Central Park. Both Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo<\/i> and Mediabuzz with Howard Kurtz<\/i> will be pre-empted in the 10AM-12PM\/ET timeslot.<\/p>\n

In primetime, FNC will feature FOX Nation\u2019s \u201cBattle in the Holy <\/b>Land,\u201d\u00a0<\/b>hosted by Pete Hegseth from 10-11PM\/ET. Hegseth returns to Israel and the Palestinian territories for the latest installment in the streaming service\u2019s \u201cBattle In The Holy Land\u201d series. The special will provide viewers with firsthand insight into the fight over the disputed area known as the West Bank.<\/p>\n

FOXNews.com<\/a> will also provide coverage of various religious events beginning today, including Good Friday services at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican presided by Pope Francis, as well as the \u201cStations of the Cross” procession in St. Peter\u2019s 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\u2019s Cathedral in New York City, Washington\u2019s 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\u2019s Easter Sunday program on FOXNews.com.<\/p>\n

FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24\/7, FOX News podcasts and the direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service FOX Nation. A top five-cable network, FNC has 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.<\/p>\n

Happy Easter, everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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