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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 2, 2024
February 02, 2024 10:30 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Catholics in China welcomed three new bishops who were ordained with the approval of the Vatican and the communist government within a week. 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 John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news ...
Homilies: Fourth Sunday of the Year (B) Jan. 28, 2024
January 27, 2024 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.6 MBThe first step in repentance is to admit our guilt, as when we go to confession. We admit our faults and failures out loud, making them painfully and embarrassingly real to ourselves. Then, we are presented with the sin-overpowering love of God when we most recognize our need of it. 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 n...
UCA News Weekly Summary, January 26, 2024
January 26, 2024 10:30 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Asian countries are among top persecutors of Christians, says a report from US-based Christian rights group, Open Doors. 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 John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in and about the Chu...
Homilies: Third Sunday of the Year (B) Jan. 21, 2024
January 20, 2024 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.37 MBThe clearest presence of the reign is Jesus, God's reign made flesh. "The time of fulfillment has come" is another way of saying, "Here I am!" 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.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter Follow Or Connect t...
UCA News Weekly Summary, January 19, 2024
January 19, 2024 10:30 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Taiwanese defied threats of punishment from Beijing and elected pro-sovereignty candidate Lai Ching-te as their new president. 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 John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in and about t...
Observations: Our unqualified, incompetent savior
January 17, 2024 05:20 - 6 minutes - 13.1 MBSome of Pope Francis’ pastoral moves, for example his making provision for the blessing of couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples, have drawn criticism and opposition from those who see this as deviation from precedent. However, the pope may actually be following the deeper precedent of Jesus. 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 197...
Homilies: Second Sunday of the Year (B) Jan. 14, 2024
January 13, 2024 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.29 MBWhen the disciples went with Jesus, they entered into a path of healing, forgiveness, and liberation for others. Such lives will lead us to what it is, whom it is, we are seeking. 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.ucanews.com/d...
UCA News Weekly Summary, January 12, 2024
January 12, 2024 10:30 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Christians in conflict-torn Myanmar paid their last respects to 17 ethnic Chin Christians killed in a military airstrike. Listen to the story and more in this wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. 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 by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in and about the...
Homilies: Epiphany (B) Jan. 7, 2024
January 06, 2024 08:30 - 6 minutes - 5.92 MBWe are called to be Stars of Bethlehem, leading men and women to Christ. The chief vocation of the Church is to proclaim the Good News to all nations. How do I share in that great 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.uca...
UCA News Weekly Summary, January 5, 2024
January 05, 2024 10:30 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Pope Francis prayed for the victims of a deadly earthquake that hit Japan on New Year’s Day. Listen to this 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 John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.uca...
Homilies: Mary Mother of God Jan. 1, 2024
January 01, 2024 01:30 - 5 minutes - 5.35 MBEach 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 in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in ...
Homilies: Holy Family (B) Dec. 31, 2023
December 30, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 5.99 MBIf there were no answer to our search and longing, then, indeed, our lives would be futile. What use is there for a hunger that cannot be filled? What sense can there be to an existence defined in part by something that is meaningless? 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...
Homilies: Christmas Day Dec. 25, 2023
December 25, 2023 01:30 - 5 minutes - 5.46 MBToday 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 the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit ...
Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Advent (B) Dec. 24, 2023
December 23, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 5.98 MBGod doesn't choose the way we would. God chooses worldly weakness to proclaim divine power. That's the reason Mary was chosen and the reason we have been chosen. 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.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter ...
UCA News Weekly Summary, December 22, 2023
December 22, 2023 10:30 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Christians across Asia have prepared culturally and spiritually to celebrate Christmas and New Year despite hardships and challenges. 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 John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in and ...
Observations: Christmas Credo
December 19, 2023 03:24 - 6 minutes - 5.75 MBOur focus on the Christ child at Christmas can distract us from seeing the deeper reality of the Incarnation, that in Christ’s coming among us as one of us our whole life, including our death, has been embraced by God. We are invited at Christmas to strengthen our embrace of the whole reality of life, believing that God is with us in it all. 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 mi...
Homilies: Third Sunday of Advent (B) Dec. 17, 2023
December 16, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 5.97 MBThe place we really live our faith is not in a church. It is in the desert of our workplaces, our schools, our streets, our homes. There is no other place for the world to hear our call to prepare the way of the Lord, to join us on the way of and to 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 news in and about the ...
UCA News Weekly Summary, December 15, 2023
December 15, 2023 10:30 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. A group of Catholics in an Indian archdiocese hailed the resignations of two senior leaders of their Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church amid an ongoing crisis over a liturgy dispute and land scams. 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 John Laurenson, background score by Andre Lou...
Observations: Dragons in Advent
December 11, 2023 03:45 - 7 minutes - 6.56 MBOur Advent meditations and prayers include reflection on the end of the age and the disasters that lead up to it. Today we face the dual disasters of war and climate change. We are not likely to see the end of either. But we can begin the long process of healing the world for the sake of future generations. 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 197...
Homilies: Second Sunday of Advent (B) Dec. 10, 2023
December 09, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 5.98 MBIn Advent we make a bit more effort to welcome the Lord into our lives and into our hearts, so that we can indeed know him as Son of God, as Good News. 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.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter Follow ...
UCA News Weekly Summary, December 8, 2023
December 08, 2023 10:30 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. A bomb attack at a Sunday Mass left four university students dead and several injured in the insurgency-plagued Mindanao Island in the Philippines. 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 John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com ...
Homilies: First Sunday of Advent (B) Dec. 3, 2023
December 02, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 6.11 MBFaith, hope and love are virtues directed toward past, future and present. In Advent, we remind ourselves to be ever ready to meet and love the Lord who has come, who will come, who comes. 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.u...
UCA News Weekly Summary, December 1, 2023
December 01, 2023 10:30 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. A bishop, priests and religious fled Christ the King cathedral in Loikaw as military junta took over the complex in conflict-torn Myanmar. 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 John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in...
Observations: Everyone, everyone, everyone
November 26, 2023 22:30 - 25 seconds - 455 KBAn increased understanding of gender issues has led to contention in the Catholic Church as Pope Francis acts on the principle that a pastoral approach to all people is the true role of the Church. 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.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter Follow us : twitter.com/ucanews About the Speaker: Father William Grimm, a native of New York C...
Homilies: Last Sunday of the Year (A) Nov. 26, 2023
November 25, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 6.17 MBWe must be such followers of the crucified Jesus, giving our strength and even our lives for the sake of others that they will respond to us as the bystander at the crucifixion did who tried to give Jesus something to drink. 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.c...
UCA News Weekly Summary, November 24, 2023
November 24, 2023 10:30 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Heavy rains and severe flooding left at least six people dead and thousands stranded in Vietnam and Philippines. In this weekly podcast we present stories from Asia you need to know. 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 by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in Asi...
Homilies: Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year (A) Nov. 19, 2023
November 18, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 6.54 MBIt is to us as servants and for the sake of being servants that God gives us talents. Let us not bury them, but put them forth for the whole 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 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.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter Follow Or C...
UCA News Weekly Summary, November 17, 2023
November 17, 2023 10:30 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Archbishop Joseph Li Shan of Beijing, president of China’s state-run Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association was in Hong Kong on a five-day visit that began on Monday. 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 Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in...
Homilies: Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year A Nov. 12, 2023
November 11, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 5.88 MBSigns of God’s kingdom are all around us. If we remember that, we will see them and thus build up our supply of oil so that at any time, in any way that God comes to us, we will be ready. 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...
UCA News Weekly Summary, November 10, 2023
November 10, 2023 10:30 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. An earthquake killed at least 157, injured scores and made thousands homeless in Nepal, prompting the government and charities to rush aid to the affected families. 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 Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in a...
Homilies: Thirty-First Sunday of the Year (A) Nov. 5, 2023
November 04, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 6.47 MBEven though we may recognize the danger in ourselves of ostentatious religiosity that draws attention to ourselves rather than God, we frequently fail to realize that we sometimes encourage and abet it in 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 Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com To contr...
UCA News Weekly Summary, November 3, 2023
November 03, 2023 10:30 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. At least 11 people were killed and scores injured in ongoing political violence in Bangladesh ahead of national election to be held next January. 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 Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in and about the Church...
Homilies: Thirtieth Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 29, 2023
October 28, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 6.11 MBThe law of Christ is simple. Love. Love God by loving your neighbor. And your neighbor is anyone close enough to be loved, anyone in 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 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.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter Follow Or Conne...
UCA News Weekly Summary, October 27, 2023
October 27, 2023 10:30 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Indian Catholics have hailed the Vatican’s approval to the beatification process for 35 martyrs of the worst anti-Christian riot in Kandhamal district of eastern Odisha state in 2008. 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 Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews...
Homilies: Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 22, 2023
October 21, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 6.39 MBWe Christians have been shown Christ, the image of God, so that we can proclaim that image to all the world. In order to do so, we must clear away whatever mars that image in 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 Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com To contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/do...
UCA News Weekly Summary, October 20, 2023
October 20, 2023 10:30 - 14 minutes - 13 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Fear of possible violence by hardliners gripped minority Hindus in Muslim-majority Bangladesh at the start of five-day Durga Puja, the biggest annual Hindu religious festival. 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 Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com Fo...
Homilies: Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 15, 2023
October 14, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 6.51 MBIn the Eucharist, in the worship and service of the community of good and bad folks that Jesus invites to the banquet of God's Kingdom, I am offered a foretaste of heaven. How could I do other than rejoice? 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...
UCA News Weekly Summary, October 13, 2023
October 13, 2023 10:30 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Catholic Church in Sri Lanka takes on President Ranil Wickremesinghe after he refused an international probe into the 2019 Easter Sunday attack. 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 Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in and about the Church ...
Homilies: Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 8, 2023
October 07, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 6.32 MBThere is one other thing we must do. We must hear and heed the messengers God sends to us workers in the vineyard. For we, too, need to be converted throughout our lives. 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.ucanews.com/donate On...
UCA News Weekly Summary, October 6, 2023
October 06, 2023 10:30 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Indian Catholics have paid rich tributes to first tribal Cardinal Telesphore P. Toppo, hailing him as a guiding light and defender of the poor, particularly of the indigenous people. 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 Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews....
Homilies: Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 1, 2023
September 30, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 6.31 MBThe test of Christian faith is not merely whether or not we are in church on Sunday. Going to church is the renewing of our "yes" to the call of God. But, do we follow through on the promise? 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.u...
UCA News Weekly Summary, September 29, 2023
September 29, 2023 10:30 - 13 minutes - 12 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Korean Catholics have been urged to protect the rights of migrants and refugees amid a state crackdown on undocumented immigrants. 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 Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit...
Homilies: Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year (A) Sept. 24, 2023
September 23, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 5.86 MBJust as the parables of Jesus show the love of God in stories about lost coins, vineyards and generous landowners, the followers of Jesus must make the events of everyday life point to God's loving presence 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 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 contrib...
UCA News Weekly Summary, September 22, 2023
September 22, 2023 10:30 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Korean martyr Andrew Kim Tae-gon became the first Asian saint to have his statue installed on the wall of Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. 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 Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in and about the Church ...
Observations: The synod restarts a process that will take decades
September 21, 2023 11:58 - 5 minutes - 4.97 MBAs the synod of bishops prepares for its sessions on synodality, many people look forward to big changes in the Church. Realistically, however, huge change is unlikely. The synod meetings are just the beginning of a process that will take generations. 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.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter Follow us : twitter.com/ucanews About the ...
Homilies: Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year (A) Sept. 17, 2023
September 16, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 6.27 MBThe way out of the paradox is to realize that forgiving and being forgiven is not a parade of activities that happen in order – God forgives, then I forgive, then God forgives. God’s forgiving me and my forgiving others go on together. 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.uca...
UCA News Weekly Summary, September 15, 2023
September 15, 2023 10:30 - 11 minutes - 11 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Christians in India face rising persecution and discrimination in the hands of hardline Hindu groups. 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 Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com To contribu...
Homilies: Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year (A) Sept. 10, 2023
September 09, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 6.35 MBThe Lord's command to confront sin in ourselves and others is never easy to fulfill. It is even harder, perhaps, to be the object of that confrontation, whether as individuals or as societies. So, what are we to do? 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...
UCA News Weekly Summary, September 8, 2023
September 08, 2023 10:30 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Sri Lanka's Catholic Church demanded an international probe into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings after a British documentary claimed they were orchestrated to tip that year’s election outcome. 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 Louis and produced by Binu Alex fo...
Homilies: Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year (A) Sept. 3, 2023
September 02, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes - 6.01 MBThe temptation to avoid the cross is not one that Jesus alone faced. We, too, face it. That is the reason Jesus tells us that we must be willing to take up the cross. 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.ucanews.com/donate On Twitte...