UCA News Podcast

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 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 through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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 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 contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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 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 through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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 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 contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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 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 through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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 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 contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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-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 through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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 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 contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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, 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 through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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 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 contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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 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 through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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 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 contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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 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 through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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, 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 contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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 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 through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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-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 through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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, 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 through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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, visit www.ucanews.com To contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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, 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 contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

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 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 through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews