Description

H2onews creates and distributes multimedia news about the life of the Church and social or cultural events that directly pertain to Catholics living in the world. The news are produced in nine languages :

• Italian
• English
• Spanish
• French
• Portuguese
• German
• Hungarian
• Arabic
• Chinese

To do that, the agency uses an important correspondents network around the world and an assembly/production platform in Rome. After translations and video assembly, the news are uploaded on the internet site or directly sent to the main partners. The videos are also availables on the H2onews iphone application. H2onews is also one of the creators of the Vatican's Channel on Youtube

Project Genesis

H2onews was born during the First World Congress of Catholic Television in Madrid in October 2006, hosted by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.
H2onews springs from the Pope’s request to use modern methods of communication for evangelization and promoting peace and development (cfr. World Social Communications Day, May 8, 2005).

Name

H2O is the chemical formula for water, a vital element. Then, in Christian tradition, water is a symbol of life, purification, salvation and renewal.

Partners

Catholic informations producers or Catholic TV are the main partners of H2onews. The most important are :

• Vatican Television Center
  Vatican Television Center
  The Vatican Television Center is the national broadcaster of the state of Vatican City. Vatican Central Television was first aired in 1983.-History of the channel :...
  
  
• Vatican Radio
  Vatican Radio
  Vatican Radio is the official broadcasting service of the Vatican.Set up in 1931 by Guglielmo Marconi, today its programs are offered in 47 languages, and are sent out on short wave , medium wave, FM, satellite and the Internet. The Jesuit Order has been charged with the management of Vatican...
  
  
• Salt & Light TV
• Popular television
• KTO
  KTO
  KTO can refer to:* Korean Theater of Operations* Korea Tourism Organization KTO , a French-language television channel of the Archdiocese of Paris* Kuwait Theater of Operations...
  
  
• EWTN
• Cançao Nova

Editorial Philosophy

H2onews takes a Catholic point of view based on on the official position of the Church's authorities.