UCA News Podcast

We, the new people of God, have been prepared for our vocation. We are the apostles. Christ has stepped aside so that we might step forward. The Acts of the Apostles begins with the Ascension of Jesus; they continue with 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 As...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Hong Kong’s outspoken Cardinal Joseph Zen remains defiant after appearing in court in a case under the national security law. This story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presented by John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis and...

The gift of peace would be glorious in itself, but as Christians we have a special vocation. We are called not merely to find peace, but to be the means of peace for 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 Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news in and about the...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Attack on Marian shrines in India and Myanmar shocked Catholics, while grief continued over the results of the Philippine elections amid the joy of sainthood for India’s first lay Catholic. These and more in this week’s Podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presen...

Bringing the world to Christ is our vocation. Loving one another is the way to live that vocation. 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 contribute please visit www.ucane...

The Catholic Church in Asia operates in ignorance. We don’t really know ourselves or the world in which we are called to proclaim the Good News. There is a realm of research to which we must turn, the social sciences. They can tell us not only about the world outside the Church, but about ourselves as well.  Professional research in sociology and psychology would enable us to escape the trap of no...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. The arrest of Hong Kong’s Cardinal Joseph Zen has sparked global outrage about communist China’s iron-fisted grip on freedoms and rights in the former British colony. This story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presented by John Lauren...

It is still Easter time. It is still the season of resurrection. It is still the season to recall that my life is not a matter of the merely day-to-day, but of eternity. 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 Chu...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Thousands of mainly Christian ethnic Karen have fled their homes as Myanmar’s military junta intensifies air strikes and mortar shelling in Karen and Mon states. This story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presented by John Laurenson,...

Peter was chosen to lead the disciples, to lead the Church, not because he was bright or well-spoken or a deep thinker. He was appointed to look after the Lord's flock because he loved the Lord. 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. Pope Francis has called for the truth behind the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka. In other parts of Asia, the struggle for press freedom and human rights continues. These stories and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presented by John Lau...

Faith and ideals give us dreams, but the reality we inherit limits how we can work toward making those dreams and hopes come true. Incarnation means that we, like Jesus, live in a world we are given, a world in which we achieve less than we wish to advance the Reign of God. The war in Ukraine is such a situation, one in which hopes for peace may have to work through violence. Father William Grimm,...

God entrusts us with a great gift. Overcoming evil depends upon our willingness to forgive. It is up to us. We can forgive, or we can refuse to forgive. God will accept our decision. 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...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Easter celebrations triggered mixed feelings for Christians in Asia. While there was joy at returning to churches after two years due to the pandemic, many people continued to endure social, economic and political turmoil. These stories and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ron...

On this Sunday, this Easter Sunday, we remember what every Sunday is because of what happened one Sunday long ago when the mission of the Church was born in the proclamation, "The Lord 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.ucanews.com For...

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 and...

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 Chu...

It is early spring in Japan, the time when cherry trees bloom. Even in Tokyo, the world’s largest metropolis, nature calls us to reflect on beauty and its passing. For Christians, cherry time is part of Lent and the beauty of the flowers becomes an opportunity to recall God’s gifts as we prepare to celebrate Easter and renew the gift of our baptism. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan,  share...

We give thanks to Christ for uniting with us, embracing the fear, pain and death that are an ineradicable part of our lives. At the worst times of my life, Christ crucified is there with 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...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Catholic bishops, priests and nuns join street protesters in Sri Lanka as the island nation faces an economic crisis. This story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presented by John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis and produced...

Sin is serious, but the most important thing in the world is the love of God that forgives our sins. The scribes and Pharisees had forgotten that. 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. India’s Dalit Christians have continued to protest the appointment of a non-Dalit Catholic archbishop, terming it discriminatory. This story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presented by John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis...

Lent is a time for me to come to my senses and return to my Father. I do not need fancy words. I do not need to buy forgiveness with good deeds or intentions. All I need is to say, "Father, I have flunked." 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.ucan...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. The ordination of 13 new priests in conflict-torn Myanmar is seen a sign of hope and blessing for the minority Christian community. This story and more in this week’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presented by John Laurenson, background score by Andre Loui...

The division of the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western halves led to the same division in Christianity. Different histories in East and West then caused the development of different approaches to civil and social power. The responses to the Russian war against Ukraine shows problems in both approaches. It is high time we recovered from the ills of the Roman Empire. Father William Grimm, who liv...