UCA News Podcast

Each of us is presented with the same vocation as Mary. God says to you and to me, "Make my Son present in the world. Forgive sins. Bring healing. Live with faith that my love is stronger than your death. By word and deed, assure the world of my 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 i...

As the boy Jesus "increased in wisdom and in years and in divine and human favor, " so, too, the Church grows in wisdom, years and favor. 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...

Today we remember and celebrate the fact that we can know God's glory and power not as some sort of information, but as a person. So, on Christmas Day we move from the story to the program, from what happened long ago to our vocation today. 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...

Christmas is, of course, much more than a child's feast. But, it is, indeed, a time for us to reflect upon children and the gifts we give them, the legacy we leave them. 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. Residents of a village in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh have restrained tribal Christians from celebrating Christmas and demanded they revert to Hinduism or their indigenous faith. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Fabian Antony, text ed...

Mature faith can have much in common with mature atheism, since believers and non-believers face the same questions in the same world and both recognize that whether they believe in God or not is a choice based upon their understanding of that experience. Father William Grimm  shares some thoughts on this. Produced by Binu Alex  About the Speaker: Father William Grimm , a native of New York City,...

What we really want has already been given us. We do not have to wait until Christmas Day to receive it. We do not have to wait until we start following all the good advice we have received. 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 ne...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Christians in conflict-torn Papua in Indonesia marked International Human Rights Day with Way of the Cross for an end to state violence. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Fabian Antony, text edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by Joe Mathews...

Advent is the season in which the Church recommits itself to living a great adventure. We are a band of companions walking through a world of marvels and dangers to a promised goal, eternal life with God. 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. Arbitrary detention of protesters was the most prevalent violation of civic freedoms across countries in the Asia-Pacific region, a global rights group said in its report. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Fabian Antony, text edited by Anos...

Can I believe that when troubles come the Lord comes as well? How can I deepen my faith in that coming? The Lord's answer is "Pray constantly." 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.u...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. The global rights group has criticized Myanmar’s military junta for use of anti-personnel mines that have killed and maimed thousands in the conflict-stricken nation. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Fabian Antony, text edited by Anosh Male...

November, at least in the northern hemisphere, is the month when winter darkness prevails, and nature seems to enter its night. But while night is an end, it is also a prelude to new beginnings. Father William Grimm  shares some thoughts on this. Produced by Binu Alex  About the Speaker: Father William Grimm , a native of New York City, is a missioner and presbyter who since 1973 has served in Jap...

When we say Christ is King, we say we belong to him and to no others. We cannot, then, be used or abused, since that is an attack upon his subjects and his sovereignty.   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. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Junior has stated that a Filipino woman sentenced to death in Indonesia on drug charges will be handed over to Manila. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Fabian Antony, text edited by Anosh Malekar, pres...

The Good News is not that God will make everything work out as we wish but that he is with us in a special way when it seems our world is ending. 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...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule for around 10 minutes. A cardinal in Singapore has called for religious and racial unity after a priest was stabbed in the face during Mass sending shockwaves across the nation. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Fabian Antony, edited by Anosh Malekar, present...

Every religion has weird practices and ideas attached to it that, while not essential to the religion, and maybe even inimical to it, can influence the way it is seen. They can alienate or drive away people who try to live and believe sensibly, intelligently, and without having to apologize for the bizarre. Father William Grimm  shares some thoughts on this. Produced by Binu Alex  About the Speake...

The woman knew better. She knew that what she had was nothing compared to what God offers. God offers me eternity. Can I, in gratitude, find ways to offer up my treasure of time? 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. The claim by a Hindu leader that churches are involved in drug trade in India’s northeast region has sparked widespread anger among Christians. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Fabian Antony, text edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by Joe...

Being a Christian is not about behaving toward others in a certain way. It is about having a special kind of relationship with God. All else follows from 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 A...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. A new bishop ordained in China shortly after the renewal of the Sino-Vatican agreement on appointment of bishops in the communist nation for another four years. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anosh Malekar,...

The 17th-century Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō made several journeys through the country writing haibun , a combination of haiku poetry and prose observations. Father William Grimm  shares some thoughts on this. Produced by Binu Alex  About the Speaker: Father William Grimm , a native of New York City, is a missioner and presbyter who since 1973 has served in Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. A graduate...

The Gospels do not hesitate to put us followers of Jesus in a bad light. We, represented by the disciples, can be so dense that we miss something that evil demons know and that even a blind man can see. That is, that Jesus is the presence of the Reign of God among us. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Camb...

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. A bishop’s request to the pope asking not to be made a cardinal has surprised Catholics in Muslim-majority Indonesia. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by David Lawrence, background sc...