Episodes

  • UCA News Weekly Summary, September 25, 2026
    Sep 25 2026

    Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes.

    This week: Sri Lankan families welcome Easter attack verdicts, South Korean bishops demand an end to capital punishment, and Indonesian farmers celebrate a landmark agrarian reform law backed by the Church. Tune in and subscribe free to listen.

    Filed by UCA News reporters, presented by Joe Mathews, Cover photo by AFP, background score by Andre Louis, edited and produced by Binu Alex for Union of Catholic Asian News.

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    12 mins
  • Homilies: Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year (A) Sept. 27, 2026
    Sep 26 2026

    The 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

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    6 mins
  • UCA News Weekly Summary, October 2, 2026
    Oct 2 2026

    Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes.

    From anti-dynasty drives in the Philippines and security arrests in Hong Kong to missing activists in Cambodia, demographic rows in India, and labor shifts in Bangladesh, Asia faces major sociopolitical changes. Tune in and subscribe free to listen.

    Filed by UCA News reporters, presented by Joe Mathews, Cover photo by AFP, background score by Andre Louis, edited and produced by Binu Alex for Union of Catholic Asian News.

    For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com

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    11 mins
  • Homilies: Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 4, 2026
    Oct 3 2026

    There 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

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    6 mins
  • UCA News Weekly Summary, October 9, 2026
    Oct 9 2026

    Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes.

    This week Myanmar’s military occupies churches, Indian Christians face coordinated attacks, Malaysia deports refugees, and Bangladesh arrests political opponents. Plus, vital news updates from Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka.

    Filed by UCA News reporters, presented by Joe Mathews, Cover photo by AFP, background score by Andre Louis, edited and produced by Binu Alex for Union of Catholic Asian News.

    For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com

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    15 mins
  • Homilies: Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 11, 2026
    Oct 10 2026

    In 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

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    For Commentaries about Global Church, visit www.globalcatholic.com

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    6 mins
  • Homilies: Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 18, 2026
    Oct 17 2026

    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

    We 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.

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    6 mins
  • UCA News Weekly Summary, October 16, 2026
    Oct 16 2026

    Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 to 15 minutes.

    In this week’s summary, a broadcaster is murdered in the Philippines, a China-North Korea bridge finally opens, mob violence erupts in Pakistan, and twenty-four South Korean Christians face arrest in Nepal.

    Filed by UCA News reporters, presented by Joe Mathews, Cover photo by AFP, background score by Andre Louis, edited and produced by Binu Alex for Union of Catholic Asian News.

    For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com

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    13 mins