ABOUT MOTHER ANGELICA
Franciscan nun and television personality best known for founding the Eternal Word Television Network.
She grew up impoverished during the Great Depression.
Her first program, Mother Angelica Live, started airing on Tuesday and Wednesday nights in the early 80's.
Her father was a tailor of Italian decent.
She received the papal medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice from Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.
