UCA News Podcast

We must teach the world's wolves a new way of living. We must teach respect for the weak and service to them. We must teach the wolves that lambs are not for devouring, but for showing us something a…

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes.

A mentally ill man in Pakistan on death row has been freed by the country’s apex court. Listen to the story and more…

We do not know, we never know, what the future will bring. What we do know is that God's love is real and that as Christians we are sent into the world to proclaim that good news.

About the Speaker: F…

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes.

Christians in India’s Madhya Pradesh state have called for action against right-wing Hindu activists who assaulted a…

God's love and blessings are not limited by the belief of the men and women through whom God chooses to work. A pagan priest-king not only has a place in the building of the Reign of God, but God use…

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes.

Thailand has been accused of engaging in activities detrimental to peace in the disputed border region with Cambodia…

Our glory as Christians is that God has chosen us to carry on the mission of the Son to be the love of God incarnate in creation. Our shame is that we so often fail as a Church and as individual Chri…

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes.

The Muslim men were acquitted of all charges of arson attacks on churches and minority-Christian homes in Jaranwala.…

Today's feast is a celebration of our mission as Church to proclaim to the whole world that Christ is risen. Since it is also a day on which we recall Christ's gift of forgiveness, we must reflect up…

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes.

Trade unions in the Philippines organized a rally urging lawmakers to turn a newly proposed wage hike into law. List…

We, the new people of God, have been prepared for our vocation. We are the apostles. Christ has stepped aside so that we might step forward. The Acts of the Apostles begins with the Ascension of Jesu…

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes.

Authorities urged to take necessary measures to end the desecration of Christian graves in the Muslim-majority count…

The gift of peace would be glorious in itself, but as Christians we have a special vocation. We are called not merely to find peace, but to be the means of peace for others.

About the Speaker: Father …

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes.

Pakistani Christians have denounced the government for excluding Christian representatives from its official delegat…

Bringing the world to Christ is our vocation. Loving one another is the way to live that vocation.

About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mo…

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes.

The former president was elected mayor of Davao by a landslide, despite his detention by the International Criminal …

It is still Easter time. It is still the season of resurrection. It is still the season to recall that my life is not a matter of the merely day-to-day, but of eternity.

About the Speaker: Father Will…

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes.

As the College of Cardinals on May 7 evening elected the Chicago-born Augustinian Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost to…

We have a new pope, and as always when that happens people wonder if he will follow or change the direction set by his predecessor. By his choice of name and the words of his first address to the wor…

Peter was chosen to lead the disciples, to lead the Church, not because he was bright or well-spoken or a deep thinker. He was appointed to look after the Lord's flock because he loved the Lord.

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