UCA News Podcast

Perhaps some of the people who demanded Jesus’ death at the end of the week had begun the week singing hosannas. Who knows how or why they changed? What would I have done? 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...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. A court in central India granted bail to a Catholic priest who was arrested amid a flurry of inspections of church-run schools over alleged religious conversion. 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 Laur...

The raising of Lazarus is a reminder that to be a Christian is not just to live in a certain way. Christians do have customs and commands that we obey and disobey, the chief among them being to love God and all those whom God loves.   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 Ch...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. People displaced by conflict in Myanmar return to their homes from camps despite security concerns, uncertainty, and no viable plan for rehabilitation. 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, bac...

The call to Baptism is an invitation to be cured of the blindness that afflicts the world. But, why us? Why should I be chosen to know the Lord when billions of better people than I will never have that chance?   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 ww...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Filipino victims of sex slavery by Japanese forces during World War II have rejected a move for compensation, saying the money is useless at this age. This report 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, bac...

To accept that love and to be baptized is to accept as well the vocation that Christ has from the Father, a vocation he chooses to share with me. That is, the vocation to be an evangelizer, a missioner.   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.ucanew...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. As the world celebrated International Women’s Day, female migrant workers in Hong Kong have called for an end to their ‘slavery.’ 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 Andre Lou...

In Lent we examine our lives in light of the Gospel, preparing to renew our baptismal commitment at Easter. Does my examination involve only personal matters or do I look as well at the social dimension of sin and salvation?  Father William Grimm  shares some thoughts on this. Produced by Binu Alex  For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com To contribute please visit www.ucan...

The Transfiguration reminds me of the mystery that Jesus, the fully human one, is also God. If I would know what it is to be truly human, I must look to Jesus. If I would know God, I must look to Jesus.   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.ucanew...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Catholics and rights activists have demanded a thorough inquiry after a deadly riot left 12 people killed in Indonesia’s Christian-majority Papua province. 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,...

Lent is, among other things, an opportunity to prepare to make that renunciation at Easter by examining myself to find out where in my life temptation finds it easy to take root.    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 a...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Christians in India marched in the national capital Delhi to demand action from the government, judiciary, and civil society to stop rising anti-Christian hate crimes in the country. This story and more are in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anosh Malekar, p...

Welcome to Lent, a time to reflect on our ashiness and our salvation. From now till the start of the Sacred Triduum we will remember that we are Cinderella sitting in sin. 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...

I once asked a political activist what he hoped to achieve in life. His answer was simple. "I want to be holy." That is what God needs of us and what God wants of us.   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 Chur...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Catholics in Myanmar prayed to Mother Mary for peace as deadly conflict continued to rage in the military-ruled nation. 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...

The world’s population exceeds eight billion people, more than the planet can easily bear. The environment, other species, and all of us face a bleak future that calls us to a deeper trust in God’s love that used Jesus’ embrace of the way of the cross to bring about an unexpected hope for the world. Father William Grimm  shares some thoughts on this. Produced by Binu Alex  For news in and about th...

Jesus taught the adults and blessed the children, but the Church has gotten it backwards. That was not the case in the early days of the Church. The section of Matthew's Gospel that we call "The Sermon on the Mount" was intended by Matthew as a sort of catechism for adults. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong an...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Pope Francis joined the world to grieve and to seek global solidarity after the massive loss of lives in a devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. 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...

The proverb says that "one bad apple spoils the whole bunch." That may be true of a crate of apples, but in today's Gospel, Jesus tells us that it does not apply to people. Good is contagious.   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...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Protesters in Myanmar marked second anniversary of the military coup with a “silent strike.” Christians joined prayers for peace in the conflict-torn nation. 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 Laurenso...

Poverty of spirit frees me to accept God's greatest gift, the Kingdom, because I am not holding on to any illusions that my talents, my possessions, my time, or my life are my own. 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 ab...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.  A former soldier was sentenced to a life term for allegedly killing four civilians in Indonesia’s restive, Christian-majority Papua region, a verdict hailed by rights activists advocating justice and peace. This story and more are in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, e...

The Church that follows Jesus must be as willing to subordinate everything else to the proclamation of God's love. If that means downplaying or even abandoning certain ways of doing things, so be it. If it means not looking for institutional results, no problem.   About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. The military junta in Myanmar torched and completely destroyed a 129-year-old Catholic Church amid ongoing violence against Christians in the conflict-torn country. This 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, b...