UCA News Podcast

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.  Arson and unrest continued in India’s violence-hit Manipur state after more than 50 days with no end in sight for the ethnic conflict between warring communities. This story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by John Lauren...

My life as a Christian is not some sort of fortuitous accident. I have been chosen by God just as the Twelve were chosen. Somewhere in this world there is someone for whom I am God’s gift.   About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.  Government sources say there are no deaths reported but a few injured after tens of thousands were evacuated from harm’s way as Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall in Gujarat. This story and more in this week’s podcast.  Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by Jo...

Fortunately, Christ is not so choosy. He is willing to be present in the bread and wine that his people share. He is willing to be present in that people and in what they do as individuals and a community to show the love of God to the world.   About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and ab...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.  Taiwan’s democracy supporters remember the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown despite China’s all-out efforts to erase memories related to the brutal massacre. This story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by Jo...

Christians called to show God's love to the world should show a love that is so full as to overflow us, bringing unity to a world of many persons.   About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit ww...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.  Human rights activists, lawmakers, and the church have lamented the decline of democracy in Indonesia as the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of military dictator Suharto and the return to democracy. This story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario,...

Our first concern must always be with those who have not yet come to know Christ. Whatever we do as Christians, it must be shaped by our vocation to tell the whole world the Good News that Christ is risen.   About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.uca...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.  Timor-Leste independence hero Xanana Gusmão returns to power after his party won the parliamentary election. This story and more are in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis and produced...

The Lord assures us that in his glory he is no longer limited by time and place and is with us today and always. That assurance gives us the confidence we need to obey his great command.   About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news i...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.  Cyclone Mocha left a trail of devastation in Myanmar and Bangladesh, prompting humanitarian responses from church groups and aid agencies. This story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by John Laurenson, background score by...

Because the Spirit of the Risen Christ is in us we can face our own crosses with confidence that God is still at work, that God's will is done even when it is thwarted, as it so often is.   About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.  Catholic Church leaders have called for peace as communal riots left at least 60 dead and over 23,000 displaced in India’s northeastern state of Manipur. This story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by John Laurenson, back...

Jesus tells us today that the place where we live with God is not only this world we live in now. He has prepared another place for us, one with "many dwelling places," enough dwelling places for each of us to live with him in his Father's house.   About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in an...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.  Asian nations have been listed among the worst violators of religious freedom by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. Listen to this story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by John Laurenson, background sc...

Japan needs immigrants but is not able or willing to integrate them into the country. Immigrants now predominate in the Catholic Church in Japan. The Church could be a model to Japanese society of a re-creation of what it means to be Japan, but that would require more creativity and effort than the Church’s management is putting forth. Father William Grimm  shares some thoughts on this. Produced b...

Often we sheep are to blame for being led astray by bad shepherds. The sheep of whom Jesus speaks in the Gospel can tell the difference between their own good shepherd and a bad one. We are not always so discerning.   About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia, vis...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.  Church leaders in southern India met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed various issues concerning the Christian community including the rising attacks and discrimination. This story and more are in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anosh Malekar, pres...

We share the Eucharist, and in that sacrament we know that the Lord is with us on all our roads, at all our tables. Then, we go to share that Good News with all. A Christian's encounter with Jesus is always meant for the sake of others. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Hong Kong’s Jesuit Bishop Stephen Chow began his first visit to mainland China as tensions mount between the Vatican and China over the secretive 2018 deal on the appointment of bishops. This story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anosh Malekar, p...

This is Easter time. We proclaim that Christ is risen. We say that God’s love has overcome the power of sin and death. We say that the power of evil is broken. Yet, when we check the news we see that evil seems to have survived the breaking of its power.   About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For ne...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.  Christians across the globe celebrated Easter Sunday, while many Christians continued to face abuses and violence in various Asian nations. These stories and more are in this week’s podcast Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by John Laurenson, background s...

Easter is the anniversary celebration of your new birth in Christ through Baptism. It is the day on which eternal life became available to you through his Resurrection. It is the day you renew your commitment to living that new life for God and the world.   About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For n...

Today is also a day of commitment to be a sign of God's love. God felt it worthwhile for Jesus to die in order that I might know love. My life is worth giving in the day-to-day as well as, if necessary, in death so that others may know that love.   About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in an...

Our sharing Eucharist is a service -- a service to the world. We can wash its feet, and we can bring it with us as we share union with Christ. It's all one and the same.   About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news in and about the C...