Podcast Episodes

Homilies: Second Sunday of Advent (C) Dec. 8, 2024

Episode 997

Advent is the season in which the Church recommits itself to living a great adventure. We are a band of companions walking through a world of marvels and dangers to a promised goal, eternal life with…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 6, 2024

Episode 998

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

Arbitrary detention of protesters was the most prevalent violation of civic freedoms across countries in the Asia-Pacif…

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Homilies: First Sunday of Advent (C) Dec. 1, 2024

Episode 995

Can I believe that when troubles come the Lord comes as well? How can I deepen my faith in that coming? The Lord's answer is "Pray constantly."

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

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 29, 2024

Episode 996

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

The global rights group has criticized Myanmar’s military junta for use of anti-personnel mines that have killed and ma…

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Observations: Night thoughts in November

Episode 994

November, at least in the northern hemisphere, is the month when winter darkness prevails, and nature seems to enter its night. But while night is an end, it is also a prelude to new beginnings. Fath…

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Homilies: Thirty-fourth Sunday of the Year, Christ the King (B) Nov. 24, 2024

Episode 992

When we say Christ is King, we say we belong to him and to no others. We cannot, then, be used or abused, since that is an attack upon his subjects and his sovereignty.

About the Speaker: Father Will…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 22, 2024

Episode 993

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

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Junior has stated that a Filipino woman sentenced to death in Indonesia on drug c…

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Homilies: Thirty-third Sunday of the Year (B) Nov. 17, 2024

Episode 990

The Good News is not that God will make everything work out as we wish but that he is with us in a special way when it seems our world is ending.

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

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, November 15, 2024

Episode 991

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

A cardinal in Singapore has called for religious and racial unity after a priest was stabbed in the face during Mas…

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Observations: Bizarre religion

Episode 989

Every religion has weird practices and ideas attached to it that, while not essential to the religion, and maybe even inimical to it, can influence the way it is seen. They can alienate or drive away…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago