Raymond Arroyo is a New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and producer. He is the news director and lead anchor of EWTN News, the news division of the Eternal Word Television Network. He is creator and host of the news program The World Over Live seen in more than 350 million households around the globe and heard on 500 AM/FM affiliates throughout the US. Arroyo is also author of the best-selling Will Wilder series for young readers.
Arroyo worked at the Associated Press, the New York Observer, and for the political columnist team of Evans and Novak. Arroyo is best known as host of the EWTN news program The World Over Live, where he routinely interviews leading figures of the day including the first and, to this date, only English language conversation ever recorded with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who would later become Pope Benedict XVI. Other interviews include Mel Gibson, on the set of his film The Passion of the Christ, presidential candidates, Placido Domingo, and Supreme Court justices. He has been featured on The Today Show, Good Morning America, and Access Hollywood, "The O'Reilly Factor", "Erin Burnett Out Front", "CNN Headline News”, and other television shows. A FOX News contributor, Arroyo is a frequent guest and occasional substitute host of The Laura Ingraham Show on radio and The Ingraham Angle on Fox News.
Writing
Arroyo's biography of EWTN's founder, Mother Angelica, was a 2007 New York Times bestseller, as were each of Arroyo's following books. He is also the editor of Mother Angelica's Little Book of Life Lessons and Everyday Spirituality , "Mother Angelica's Private and Pithy Lessons from the Scriptures", "The Prayers and Personal Devotions of Mother Angelica", co-author of, "Of Thee I Zing: America's Cultural Decline from Muffin Tops to Body Shots" and a series of children's books; "Will Wilder: The Relic of Perilous Falls", "Will Wilder: The Lost Staff of Wonders" and "Will Wilder: The Amulet of Power". His writings have been published by Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, The Financial Times, and National Catholic Register.
Personal life
Arroyo resides in New Orleans with his wife Rebecca and their three children.
