Where to watch the Pope on TV

There's no reason to miss a single minute of Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia on Saturday and Sunday: Local TV stations will provide live, wall-to-wall coverage, and cable news channels CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC will offer rolling coverage throughout the weekend in addition to live special reports.

Not near a TV? Streaming video will be available from local stations as well as several dedicated websites.

If you're going to tune in to only a few events, the must-sees are:

4:45 p.m.: Pope Francis delivers a speech at Independence Hall on religious freedom and immigration.

7:30 p.m.: Performances from the Festival of Families. Mark Wahlberg hosts, and performers include comedian Jim Gaffigan, Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, and opera superstar Andrea Boccelli.

4 p.m.: Pope Francis celebrates Mass at Eakins Oval.

Here's where to watch:

The Pope in Philadelphia. A preview of the pope's visit hosted by Ukee Washington and Jessica Dean. 7 p.m. Thursday.

Live coverage: Saturday from 5 a.m. to midnight on CBS3. Sunday from 5 a.m. to noon on CBS3; and from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the CW.

News roundup: Expanded one-hour news report at 10 p.m. on the CW and 11 p.m. on CBS3 Saturday and Sunday.

Live Web stream: www.cbsphilly.com in English, with a second stream in Spanish.

Live coverage: The pope's itinerary will be covered live Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 9:15 a.m. to 8 p.m. Other reports and analyses will be offered throughout the day and on Action News.

Live Web stream: www.6abc.com.

Live coverage: Wall-to-wall coverage beginning at 6 a.m. Saturday through 8 p.m. Sunday in English on NBC10 and Spanish on Telemundo62.

Live Web stream: www.nbcphiladelphia.com in English, and www.telemundo62.com in Spanish.

News special: A 30-minute preview of the pope's Philadelphia visit Friday at 10:30 p.m.

Live coverage: Saturday from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 11 p.m.; Sunday from 8 to 11 a.m., then a break for the Eagles vs. the Jets. Coverage returns from 4 to 8 p.m. and 10 to 11 p.m.

Live Web stream: www.fox29.com.

News coverage: On PBS NewsHour Weekend at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

TV specials & documentaries: Articulate: Three Articles of Faith (10:30 p.m. Thursday); The Canonization of Katharine Drexel (7 p.m. Saturday); Holy Philadelphia (8 p.m. Saturday); A Celebration of Peace Through Music (8:30 p.m. Saturday); John Paul II in America: Uniting a Continent (8 p.m. Sunday).

More information: www.whyy.org.

Pope Francis: The Sinner. Documentary. 10 p.m. Sunday.

News coverage: NJTV News with Mary Alice Williams at 6, 7:30, and 11 p.m. daily.

More information: www.njtvonline.org.

TIDAL: Free live-streaming coverage of Saturday's events at www.tidal.com/wmof.

The USCCB: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will offer live streaming Saturday and Sunday at www.usccb.org.

CatholicTV: The Catholic TV network will offer free live streaming Saturday and Sunday at www.catholictv.com.

derakht@phillynews.com

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