(Sept.29,2010) The Catholic broadcasting company “Radio Maria” in Italy, continues
to grow worldwide and is now present in 54 nations, with 65 new broadcasting stations
in various languages. Recently, the Catholic chain has been welcomed in Switzerland,
Slovakia and Ukraine. Three new broadcasting stations in the United States have also
been incorporated to the Global Family of Radio Maria, namely in Washington, Boston,
and an additional one in Chicago for Italian-speaking listeners. Moreover, within
the campaign "United in Communion" a project of the Global Family of Radio Maria to
help its expansion on the African continent, Cameroon will be the next broadcasting
station to be incorporated in the worldwide network. In Africa, it is already heard
in 14 countries: Burkina Faso, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville,
Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and
Zambia. A communiqué from Radio Maria noted that the plans of the Catholic broadcasting
station are to be extended to 10 additional countries over the next two years. "We
count on the generous aid of our listeners," the communiqué explained. It said in
Spain, it allocates 15% of each donation received, to help projects coming from
the African continent. Radio Maria was born in Italy in 1987. It attributes its growth
to the collaboration of 400 volunteers in programming, and 3,000 volunteer workers
in promotion and diffusion.