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Description

RealCatholicTV was formed in early 2008 by lay Catholics with extensive experience in commercial broadcast television.

The website offers Catholic programming including, daily news, daily political commentary, daily features on saints and history as well as regular episodes on morality, movie reviews, entertainment, apologetics, and much more.

The site provides content through a video player that allows users to view, send, and download content regardless of their computing platform with no plug-ins required. All viewers have free access to home page content – daily news and commentary (current events and politics) from the Catholic perspective, messages directly from Catholic bishops to the faithful, program previews, and more.

The site provides a good deal of material for free, but the $10.00 a month membership charge is well worth it for the extra programming that is available.

RealCatholicTV is particularly concerned with the inroads of secularism into the Church, and users should be aware that a great many of the programs attempt to expose ecclesiastical shortcomings, with considerable criticism of Church leaders.

The site opened with the support of various bishops in the U.S., though as its programming has become increasingly critical of the Church, some bishops have withdrawn their support.

While thoroughly approving many of the fine videos made available through this site, CatholicCulture.org recommends caution for two reasons: An apparent animus against the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite, contrary to the clear mind of the Church; and a tendency to over-simply complex cultural, ecclesiastical and theological problems, leading sometimes to the assertion of mere opinion as the "real Catholic" position.

Thus those who disagree find their Catholicism put in question. See the Weaknesses section for examples.

Review Ratings what do these ratings mean?

First Evaluated: 11/19/2008; Last Updated: 06/04/2010

1. Fidelity: Caution
2. Resources: Excellent
3. Useability: Excellent

Strengths

• Catholic News Roundup  Resources 
• The Vortex  Resources 
• Catholic Saints  Resources 
• This Day in History  Resources 
• Shepherds' Voice  Resources 
• Premium Membership ($10.00 per month) includes: Inroads, the Cost of Abortion, Catholic Critic, God's Green Earth, Moral Compass, St. Michael's Basic Training, The Other View, Prayer Kids and One True Faith  Resources 
• Forum  Resources 

Weaknesses

• Fidelity: Extreme antipathy to the liturgy of the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite Example(s)
• Fidelity: Over-simplification of Church problems. Example(s)
• Fidelity: Lack of spiritual prudence Example(s)

Categories

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More Information

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