TV Picks 11.29.15

SUNDAY-MONDAY, Nov. 29-30

Apostolic Voyage to Kenya, Uganda, Central African Republic

EWTN On Sunday, the Pope will leave Entebbe, Uganda, and fly to Bangui, Central African Republic. He will meet civil officials and the diplomatic corps, visit refugees, meet bishops and evangelicals, open the holy door of the cathedral of Bangui for the Year of Mercy, celebrate Mass and hear confessions at the start of a prayer vigil. On Monday, he is to visit a mosque, celebrate Mass in a stadium and say farewell. See EWTN.com for latest times.
 

MONDAY, Nov. 30, 9pm

A Charlie Brown Christmas

ABC This animated special from 1965 features Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts” characters. “That’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown,” says Linus, after reciting St. Luke 2:8-14, the angels’ announcing the birth of Baby Jesus to the shepherds.
 

SATURDAY, Dec. 5, 9:30am

Nicholas, the Boy Who Became Santa

EWTN This animated feature from CCC’s “Saints and Heroes” series tells the fact-based story of the real “Santa Claus,” St. Nicholas of Myra (270-343), a bishop who endured persecution for the faith and whose great generosity made him universally beloved.
 

TUESDAY, Dec. 8

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

EWTN At 3:30am, Pope Francis will say Holy Mass for the Opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica. (Re-airs 3pm.) At 8am, Solemn Mass in Irondale, Ala., will be celebrated. (Re-airs 6:30pm.) At noon, Solemn Mass will be said at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. (Re-airs midnight.)
 

THURSDAY, Dec. 10, 8pm

Toy Story 20th Anniversary

ABC At 8pm, the Toy Story 20th Anniversary Special will interview Pixar Animation Studios employees who helped make the beloved 1995 comedy, in which toys come alive when people are not around. At 9pm, Toy Story itself airs.
 

SATURDAY, Dec. 12, 3am, live

Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe

EWTN Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles will say Mass in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Re-airs 3pm.
 

SATURDAY, Dec. 12, 8pm

EWTN Cinema: 1531 – A Story That Is Not Finished Yet

EWTN On the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, this documentary from Antonio and Laura Peláez uses dramatizations to tell the story of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s appearances to St. Juan Diego outside Mexico City in 1531. Advisory: TV-PG.
 

SATURDAY, Dec. 12, 8pm

It’s a Wonderful Life

NBC Director Frank Capra’s values of “the love of people” and “the equal importance of each individual” permeate this Oscar-winning 1946 Christmas-themed drama about a despairing man whose perspective is changed when an angel shows him the meaning of his life. Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed star.

Dan Engler writes from
Santa Barbara, California.