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Tune in to the CatholicTV Network — on TV, online or through your iPhone or iPad — tonight for exclusive Vatican access to footage of Pope Benedict’s daily life. The production crew for CatholicTV’s “House+Home” program went inside the pope’s private residence and captured intimate details of his daily life.

The special one-hour edition airs at 9 p.m. (Eastern) tonight. Here’s a preview:

Fr. Robert Reed will be your tour guide on the ultimate insider excursion, according to a news release. Other highlights:

• Stand feet away as The Holy Father vests and celebrates private morning Mass
• Sense the joy as he creates new bishops for the Church
• Sit at the table in the pope’s private dining room
• Accompany the pope as he meets with Heads of State
• Be escorted by Swiss guards inside restricted areas
• Catch the pope’s private moments right before his most public encounters

Each year, millions of people jam St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus blessing of Pope Benedict. But none of them have ever been inside the pope’s private study the minutes before he steps up to his study window to address the masses.

Until now.

Be a part of this unique moment – the energy, the excitement and Pope Benedict’s surprising calm, press material said.

“There was so much unbelievable footage, the show could easily be twice as long. We crammed the most riveting, impactful and impressive moments in this fast-paced hour,” Fr. Reed said.

It’s all part of a Rome-focused month for CatholicTV.

Be sure to also catch “Viaggio a Roma,” or “A Trip to Rome” for a 30-part original series on ancient and Christian Rome. Sites include the four papal basilicas, the Colosseum, Castel Sant’ Angelo, Trastevere, the tomb of Pope John Paul II, the Vatican Gardens, Trevi Fountain and the Pontifical North American College.

Past episodes are archived online.