The funeral Mass for Pope Benedict XVI, who died Dec. 31 at the age of 95, will be held Jan. 5 at St. Peter’s Square with Pope Francis as presider. The Mass is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. Rome time, which is 3:30 a.m. Eastern.
An estimated 60,000 people are expected to attend the funeral in St. Peter’s Square.
Here is how viewers in the Baltimore area can watch the funeral or participate in other ways:
Livestream:
Two official channels will broadcast the funeral live on Jan. 5 (3:30 a.m. EST): the Vatican Media Live YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNHE3mjiiFw and the Vatican News Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/vaticannews/).
Cable TV:
EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) will broadcast the services, beginning at 3 a.m. and leading up to the 3:30 a.m. funeral.
The network also will broadcast encore presentations of the funeral on Jan. 5 at 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. for those unable to watch the live broadcast.
EWTN is available on most cable and satellite subscription networks. Here is a list of the channel numbers for some of the providers in the Baltimore area: RCN Cable (260, 267, 810), Verizon Fios (285, 1741), Xfinity (291, 945, 1668, 597, 3345), C-Band (G1-11), DIRECTV (370), DISH (261).
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