Podcast Episodes

UCA News Weekly Summary, January 19, 2024

Episode 898

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

Taiwanese defied threats of punishment from Beijing and elected pro-sovereignty candidate Lai Ching-te as their new pre…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Observations: Our unqualified, incompetent savior

Episode 897

Some of Pope Francis’ pastoral moves, for example his making provision for the blessing of couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples, have drawn criticism and opposition from those who see…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Homilies: Second Sunday of the Year (B) Jan. 14, 2024

Episode 894

When the disciples went with Jesus, they entered into a path of healing, forgiveness, and liberation for others. Such lives will lead us to what it is, whom it is, we are seeking.

About the Speaker: F…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, January 12, 2024

Episode 895

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

Christians in conflict-torn Myanmar paid their last respects to 17 ethnic Chin Christians killed in a military airstrik…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Homilies: Epiphany (B) Jan. 7, 2024

Episode 892

We are called to be Stars of Bethlehem, leading men and women to Christ. The chief vocation of the Church is to proclaim the Good News to all nations. How do I share in that great vocation?

About the …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, January 5, 2024

Episode 893

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

Pope Francis prayed for the victims of a deadly earthquake that hit Japan on New Year’s Day.  Listen to this story and …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Homilies: Mary Mother of God Jan. 1, 2024

Episode 890

Each of us is presented with the same vocation as Mary. God says to you and to me, "Make my Son present in the world. Forgive sins. Bring healing. Live with faith that my love is stronger than your d…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Homilies: Holy Family (B) Dec. 31, 2023

Episode 889

If there were no answer to our search and longing, then, indeed, our lives would be futile. What use is there for a hunger that cannot be filled? What sense can there be to an existence defined in pa…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Homilies: Christmas Day Dec. 25, 2023

Episode 888

Today we remember and celebrate the fact that we can know God's glory and power not as some sort of information, but as a person. So, on Christmas Day we move from the story to the program, from what…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Advent (B) Dec. 24, 2023

Episode 887

God doesn't choose the way we would. God chooses worldly weakness to proclaim divine power. That's the reason Mary was chosen and the reason we have been chosen.

About the Speaker: Father William J Gr…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago