VATICAN CITY, (ZENIT).- Beginning this past Sunday, Vatican TV began broadcasting a weekly report via internet. The newsmagazine "Octava Dies" is being published in conjunction with ForeignTV.com.

    To access the service, go to http://www.foreigntv.com/worldnews and select Vatican News. The program a summary of the important events that have taken place in the Vatican and the Church over the last 7 days. The news is up-dated every Wednesday, and is available in Windows Streaming Video format.

    According to CTV spokesman Lewis Goldberg, the purpose of the agreement with ForeignTV.com is to "carry the papal message to the largest audience possible." The Vatican news appears on the same page as the news of public television channels in countries like the Peoples Republic of China, Turkey, Lebanon, Algeria and Jordan. ZE00011606