UCA News Podcast

UCA News Podcast

By UCA News, Fr. Michael Kelly, John Laurenson, Father William Grimm, Binu Alex, Grithanai NapasrapiwongSociety & CultureNewsReligion & SpiritualityChristianityNews CommentaryPhilosophy
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UCA News Podcast episodes

  • Homilies: All Saints Day Nov. 1, 2026

    Remembering all saints becomes a reminder that God can be, and in fact is at work in the time, place and life which I live.

    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

    6 min
  • UCA News Weekly Summary, October 30, 2026

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

    A captured fugitive in Cambodia, pressing water treaties in Bangladesh, Sri Lankan justice pleas, Mindanao's Indigenous struggles, Indonesian ecological crises, and modernizing Asian Catholic ministries. Here is your weekly news.

    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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    12 min
  • Homilies: Thirtieth Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 25, 2026

    The 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

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

    6 min
  • UCA News Weekly Summary, October 23, 2026

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

    From controversial executions in Saudi Arabia and missing activists in Vietnam, to disaster fraud in Indonesia and student suspensions in the Philippines, citizens across Asia are demanding immediate justice. Tune in 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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    For Commentaries about Global Church, visit www.globalcatholic.com

    12 min
  • Homilies: Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 18, 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.

    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

    7 min
  • UCA News Weekly Summary, October 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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    For Commentaries about Global Church, visit www.globalcatholic.com

    14 min
  • Homilies: Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 11, 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

    To contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate

    On X Follow Or connect through DM at : x.com/ucanews

    To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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

    7 min
  • UCA News Weekly Summary, October 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

    To contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate

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    To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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

    15 min
  • Homilies: Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 4, 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

    On X Follow Or connect through DM at : x.com/ucanews

    To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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

    6 min
  • UCA News Weekly Summary, October 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

    To contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate

    On X Follow Or connect through DM at : x.com/ucanews

    To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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

    12 min

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