Best UCA News Podcasts (2024)

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Homilies: Twelfth Sunday of the Year (B) Jun. 23, 2024 5:42

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The night prayer of the Church recognizes the connection between sleep and death. Our night prayers are meant to be a preparation both for dropping off to sleep and for death, when we will have to let go of everything. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Camb…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 21, 2024 12:02

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. The pro-Hindu party ruled Rajasthan state to become the 12th Indian state to enact a draconian law to criminalize religious conversions. 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…

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Homilies: Eleventh Sunday of the Year (B) Jun. 16, 2024 5:26

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'Your mustard seed is what the Reign of God is about. Your little faith, your little effort is enough. Give your little bit and stand by amazed as you see what God will do with it. Your mustard seed will flourish.' About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 14, 2024 13:14

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Myanmar’s embattled military junta is resorting to indiscriminate bombings and brutal atrocities to hold back advancing rebel forces. 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, e…

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Homilies: Tenth Sunday of the year (B) Jun. 9, 2024 5:27

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If we do not admit our wretchedness, we will not open ourselves to allowing God to embrace us, forgive us, and welcome us into what St. Paul calls "a dwelling provided for us by God, a dwelling in the heavens, not made by hands, but to last forever." About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 7, 2024 11:45

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. India’s Hindu-theocratic Bharatiya Janta Party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi secured a third-consecutive victory in the national election but failed to gain an absolute majority. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA New…

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Homilies: Body and Blood of Christ (B) Jun. 2, 2024 5:58

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On this feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, we once again say "Amen" to being Christ for the world, confident that his real presence with us will help us act as we truly are, his ongoing real presence for 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 Camb…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 31, 2024 11:40

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. A powerful cyclone hit Bangladesh and India, leaving dozens of people dead, scores injured and a trail of mass destruction days after a deadly landslide killed scores in Papua New Guinea. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by …

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Homilies: Trinity Sunday (B) May 26, 2024 6:07

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Trinity Sunday reminds us that God can "get into our pocket" and become knowable and lovable not because of what I do, but because God chooses to be known and loved, chooses to be in my pocket. 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 abo…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 24, 2024 12:54

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Taiwan held the inauguration of its pro-democracy president William Lai Ching-te in presence of dignitaries including Vatican envoy Archbishop Charles Brown. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled b…

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Homilies: Pentecost (B) May 19, 2024 6:21

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The Church exists not to be a club of the saved, but to be the herald of the Gospel. Our first concern must always be with those who are outside, for the men and women who have not yet come to know Christ. 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 new…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 17, 2024 12:15

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Killing of civilians by communist insurgents and rights abuses during anti-insurgency operations in the Negros island have triggered concerns. 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 R…

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Homilies: Ascension (B) May 12, 2024 5:22

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There are people suffering the effects of illness, poverty and injustice. There are people who are ignorant of God's love for them. Evangelization, the fulfilment of our Christian vocation, means finding practical ways to answer those needs. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Ja…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 10, 2024 12:38

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Tribal people in Manipur state of northeast India marked the first anniversary of the deadly ethnic violence with a daylong shutdown to remember the victims and call for justice. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News …

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Homilies: Sixth Sunday of Easter (B) May 5, 2024 6:16

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Today's continuation of our Easter celebration is a joyous proclamation of the great love God shows in calling us to be united with Christ. It is a day to look at our faults and failings and put them in perspective. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodi…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 3, 2024 12:30

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. People in South and Southeast Asia are bracing for more extreme heatwaves this week, prompting authorities to issue health warnings and close schools. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock …

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of Easter (B) Apr. 28, 2024 6:18

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In the Acts of the Apostles, Saul shows what love calls for. He continues to proclaim the fact that he has met the Lord though no one trusts him and some even want to kill him. That is the basic vocation to which all followers of Jesus are called. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mos…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 26, 2024 12:44

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Asian nations continue to trample human rights by muzzling freedom of speech and shrinking civic spaces, says the annual human rights report from the US State Department. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporter…

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Easter (B) Apr. 21, 2024 6:22

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Jesus announces himself not merely as a shepherd, but as the Good Shepherd. He is the one shepherd we can trust because he is the one shepherd who is not a sheep himself. 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, …

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 19, 2024 12:20

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. As Indians brace for national elections, the ruling Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party is accused of using draconian laws to curtail civic freedoms. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by R…

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Homilies: Third Sunday of Easter (B) Apr. 14, 2024 6:23

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Let's face it — the Resurrection is unbelievable. Even seeing the risen Lord is not going to convince us otherwise. It's easier to believe in ghosts or to doubt one's own sanity. 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 i…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 12, 2024 13:25

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. A top Vatican official is on a six-day visit to Vietnam to strengthen diplomatic ties with the communist-ruled nation. 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 …

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Homilies: Second Sunday of Easter (B) Apr. 7, 2024 6:20

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Living a Christian life takes courage. However, we need not search for it. We have it. Each Sunday when we join the community of disciples we take the greatest risk, that of meeting 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…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 5, 2024 12:00

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Catholic Church in Taiwan has pledged help to the victims after the strongest earthquake in decades left nine dead, over 800 injured and damaged dozens of buildings. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, co…

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Homilies: Easter Sunday (B) Mar. 31, 2024 6:37

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On Easter we celebrate on behalf of all the world God's love that embraces all the world. We celebrate for that boy, for all the dead and for ourselves, the living who are promised a share in the life of Christ who rose. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Ca…

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Homilies: Good Friday Mar. 29, 2024 5:36

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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-most…

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Homilies: Holy Thursday Mar. 28, 2024 6:09

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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, v…

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Homilies: Palm or Passion Sunday (B) Mar. 24, 2024 6:29

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We mark this Holy Week with solemn joy. Death is real. But this week we know that love is even more real. 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, v…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 22, 2024 12:34

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. In conflict-torn Myanmar, political fighting crossed religious lines when a Christian pastor was shot dead by three unknown attackers in Kachin state this week. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compile…

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of Lent (B) Mar. 17, 2024 6:33

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John "lets the beans out of the bag" by telling us that Jesus is actually talking about the way he will die, lifted up from the earth on a cross. Do I really want to be drawn to him there? 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 th…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 15, 2024 11:47

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. International experts and organizations have expressed concerns over freedom of religion in Hong Kong after the authorities introduced a new security law stipulating tough penalties. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA N…

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Lent (B) Mar. 10, 2024 6:21

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Lent is the season when we prepare to renew our baptismal commitment in solidarity with those being baptized at Easter. It is a time of preparation to re-dedicate ourselves to proclaiming to the world the good news that God indeed loves us now, here, as we really are. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s e…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 8, 2024 13:14

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Indian nuns and priests join women activists to demand end of crimes against women and ensure their rights and empowerment ahead of the national election in May. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compil…

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Homilies: Third Sunday of Lent (B) Mar. 3, 2024 6:19

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Mid-way to our celebration of the Cross and Easter, we reflect on how we are like the animals, tables and vendors in the temple, interfering with others' finding the Lord. As individuals and as a community, we must repent. But, we are called to more than guilt feelings. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 1, 2024 12:56

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. A Filipino Catholic laywoman who quit her job to become a full-time volunteer catechist is slated for sainthood. 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 Maleka…

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Homilies: Second Sunday of Lent (B) Feb. 25, 2024 6:07

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Today's Gospel is a Lenten reminder that the gift of being a beloved child of God that I received in Baptism leads to my own transfiguration. I walk the way of the Cross in this world, but it is a way that leads to incomparable glory. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Ho…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 23, 2024 12:21

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Minority Christians in India continue to face threats and harassment as hardline Hindu groups push for a Hindu-centric cultural and religious nationalism. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by R…

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Homilies: First Sunday of Lent (B) Feb. 18, 2024 6:16

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The Lord calls us to a change of life, a change we exercise in some small way in Lent as a means of recommitting ourselves at Easter to the big reform we accepted in our baptismal commitment. 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…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 16, 2024 11:36

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. One person died and 53 were injured when part of the second floor of a Catholic church collapsed during a packed Ash Wednesday Mass 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…

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Homilies: Ash Wednesday Feb. 14, 2024 6:20

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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,…

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Homilies: Sixth Sunday of the Year (B) Feb. 11, 2024 6:48

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We followers of Jesus are called to be supernatural. In other words, we must be people noteworthy for our willingness to go beyond the natural in us. That means developing the ability to look upon others as the sons and daughters of God, our brothers and sisters. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experi…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 9, 2024 13:31

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Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. An airstrike on a school in Myanmar’s Demoso township in Kayah state killed four children, all boys aged 12 to 14, and injured at least 15 other children. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by R…

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of the Year (B) Feb. 4, 2024 5:55

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Like Jesus, we must be ready and willing to leave our prayer for those who seek us out. Like Peter's mother-in-law, our encounter with God must get us back to normal stuff. 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…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 2, 2024 13:36

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Listen 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 Roz…

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of the Year (B) Jan. 28, 2024 5:50

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The 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…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 26, 2024 11:50

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Listen 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 Anos…

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Homilies: Third Sunday of the Year (B) Jan. 21, 2024 5:35

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The 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 ne…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 19, 2024 12:41

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Listen 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 b…

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Observations: Our unqualified, incompetent savior 6:22

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Some 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…

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Homilies: Second Sunday of the Year (B) Jan. 14, 2024 5:30

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When 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 …

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