UCA News Podcast

Love it or fear it, a new Church is being born. It will take several lifetimes, but eventually the Church throughout the world will be different because of what is happening at the back of the temple.   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....

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Some half a million Catholics and 450 priests in southern India have severed all links with their apostolic administrator, further escalating a five-decade-long liturgical dispute within the Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church. The unprecedented move by priests and laity of the Kerala-based Syro-Malabar Church may amount...

Those in power who fear what people — especially those who have been deprived — have to say deprive themselves of the opportunity to change their lives for the better — in other words, of the chance to repent.   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...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Asia’s Catholic bishops gathered in Bangkok to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, one of the biggest religious summits in the world, for two-weeks starting October 12, aiming to “renew and revitalize” the Church in Asia. This story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UC...

We receive many gifts from God, but it is not the gifts nor even the recipient, but the Giver, upon whom we should focus.   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 www.ucanews.com To contribu...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Percival Mabasa, a hard-hitting radio commentator, is the latest in a long line of targeted killings of newspersons in Philippines, a Catholic-majority nation often dubbed as one of the deadliest places in the world for journalists. This story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by R...

People and situations will always appear that will need a response from this servant of God. The more I respond, the more opportunities for service will open up to me. 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 Churc...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Hong Kong’s outspoken Cardinal Joseph Zen faced a trial with fellow democracy supporters as the Vatican drew renewed criticism for its silence and attempts of warming ties with China’s communist regime. The high-profile case involving one of Asia’s senior most Catholic clerics has brought back focus on the warming tie...

This parable is a wake-up call to see that each and every man and woman is a child of God, and therefore my brother, my sister. Awareness can be the first step in conversion.   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...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. The martial law imposed by Ferdinand Marcos Sr. on Sept. 21, 1972, is still remembered as one of the darkest periods in the nation’s history  vowing to never forget the abuses of the dark period. This story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anosh M...

Investing is a way to wealth in much of the world today. Ideally, an investment grows, leading to yet further investment. Can I do that with my possessions, putting at least some of them forward for the needy?   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...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. The military junta has been accused of abuses against the Christian minority, destroying their places of worship and targeting the clergy.  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...

God keeps coming after me, offering forgiveness and wisdom. The reason could not be in myself. Someone so perverse as I cannot deserve God's searching love, but I receive it all the same. It can only be because God loves me regardless of how I act.   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...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Mother Teresa’s legacy of love and compassion for the poor, sick, and destitute continues even 25 years after her death. Her death anniversary is observed as the International Day of Charity honoring her philanthropic and humanitarian endeavors. This story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters,...

Today, Jesus is telling us to be ready for fire so that when it comes, we will not be surprised, but resolute, knowing that the crisis today is one we took into account from the start.   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...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. The four champions of the poor and a polluted river in Asia have been selected for the 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Awards honoring their extraordinary contributions toward transforming human lives and societies. This and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anos...

The Church in many places seems to be dying, and the response to that is often a panicked attempt to ward off the inevitable. But what if this dying and the being dead that will follow it are actually God’s will to bring about something completely new? Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan  shares some thoughts on this. Produced by Binu Alex For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.u...

We tend to think that reflection upon the Word of God, upon the Work of God, is something solemn, serious, and private. But, sometimes, we should be ready to hear the Word in the hustle and bustle of our lives, in the symposium of eating, drinking and gabbing that is our daily life.   About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, H...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. The plight of the Rohingya must not be forgotten as the Myanmar military set about massacring, torturing, raping, and burning their villages in Rakhine State in 2017. Around one million refugees are waiting to return to their country in dignity with their full rights restored. Rights group have called for protection o...

Salvation is the state of being fully what God intends one to be. What God intends is loving communion with each of us and for us to live in communion with one another. So, whatever I do that helps my brothers and sisters know God's love and share it is an aid to their salvation. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong K...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Ongoing fighting between the military and rebel groups has led to at least 170,000 civilians being displaced from Christian-majority Kayah state, most of them sheltered in churches and other Christian institutions. This and more in this week’s podcast Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edite...

Every feast of the Church is ultimately a celebration of what God has done in Jesus Christ. The Assumption is an encouraging reminder of what Christ has done for us and a challenge to live as what we have become through baptism.   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...

God seems to give what we do not want, and then expects us to call 'Good News.' Do you know the answer to the question: How do you train a mule? First, you take a large plank, and hit the animal over the head to get its attention. 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...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. In 1982, the United Nations declared August 9 as the day to celebrate the indigenous peoples globally, but across Asia they are constantly battling to defend their cultures, territories and, above all, their rights. This and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edi...

Just about everyone wants peace. That has certainly always been so. Yet, we do not have peace, and that, too, has probably always been so. We have never been able to build peace, and it is likely that we never will be. Either God will do it, or it shall not be done. Yet, we can and must join in God’s work through prayer and action. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan  shares some thoughts on...