UCA News Podcast

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

More than 50,000 Catholics were present for a requiem Mass for Pope Francis, the first pontiff to visit Timor-Leste …

God entrusts us with a great gift. Overcoming evil depends upon our willingness to forgive. It is up to us. We can forgive, or we can refuse to forgive. God will accept our decision.

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

Catholic bishops have condemned the attack on tourists by militants in India’s Kashmir that killed 26 people and inj…

On this Sunday, this Easter Sunday, we remember what every Sunday is because of what happened one Sunday long ago when the mission of the Church was born in the proclamation, "The Lord is risen!"

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

Malaysian police are probing an incident involving some university students carrying a cross while dressed in robes …

We are frequently asked, reminded, or even commanded to pray for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life. But what if those prayers have already been answered in the negative? P…

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 necessa…

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.

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We give thanks to Christ for uniting with us, embracing the fear, pain and death that are an ineradicable part of our lives. At the worst times of my life, Christ crucified is there with me.

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

Catholic bishops have allied with Thai opposition parties to urge the government to abandon a bill that aims to lega…

Sin is serious, but the most important thing in the world is the love of God that forgives our sins. The scribes and Pharisees had forgotten that.

About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Marykn…

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

Muslim leaders in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara have apologized for displaying the flag of a banned Islamic group d…

Lent is a time for me to come to my senses and return to my Father. I do not need fancy words. I do not need to buy forgiveness with good deeds or intentions. All I need is to say, "Father, I have fl…

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The 22-year-old survived a murderous attack at his workplace over an alleged desecration of Islamic texts. Listen …

We are celebrating Lent, the season of repentance. We reflect upon our sinfulness and do what we can with God's help to change our lives. Rather than punishing us, God gives us chance after chance to…

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

A court handed down jail terms on eight indigenous people in Indonesia’s Christian-majority East Nusa Tenggara pro…

Lent is a chance to live our true citizenship. In prayer, fasting and sacrifice, we weaken our ties to the world. We withdraw from our citizenship in this world in order to focus upon our true home, …

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

Christians have mourned a Protestant bishop’s son, who was killed by men who also gang raped female tourists in south…

In Lent we reflect upon sin in our lives. We might not notice, however, that besides being personal actions or failures, sin is also a pervasive reality from which we cannot escape even when we want …

It is Lent. It is good to begin the season by reflecting upon the temptations that Jesus faced and that we face that hinder us in living the Baptism commitment we renew at Easter.

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