Podcast Episodes

Observations: The synod restarts a process that will take decades

Episode 858

As the synod of bishops prepares for its sessions on synodality, many people look forward to big changes in the Church. Realistically, however, huge change is unlikely. The synod meetings are just th…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Homilies: Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year (A) Sept. 17, 2023

Episode 855

The way out of the paradox is to realize that forgiving and being forgiven is not a parade of activities that happen in order – God forgives, then I forgive, then God forgives. God’s forgiving me and…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, September 15, 2023

Episode 856

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

Christians in India face rising persecution and discrimination in the hands of hardline Hindu groups. This story and mo…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Homilies: Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year (A) Sept. 10, 2023

Episode 853

The Lord's command to confront sin in ourselves and others is never easy to fulfill. It is even harder, perhaps, to be the object of that confrontation, whether as individuals or as societies. So, wh…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, September 8, 2023

Episode 854

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

Sri Lanka's Catholic Church demanded an international probe into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings after a British docume…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Homilies: Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year (A) Sept. 3, 2023

Episode 851

The temptation to avoid the cross is not one that Jesus alone faced. We, too, face it. That is the reason Jesus tells us that we must be willing to take up the cross.

About the Speaker: Father William…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, September 1, 2023

Episode 852

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

Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday to kick off his historic four-day visit. He is the first pope to visit the B…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Homilies: Twenty-First Sunday of the Year (A) Aug. 27, 2023

Episode 849

The important thing about Peter and the important thing about me is that Christ has chosen us to be Church. He has set us up in all our weakness and declared that the gates of death will not prevail …

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, August 25, 2023

Episode 850

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

Church leaders and rights activists urged Filipinos to fight corruption and human rights abuses on the 40th death anniv…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Homilies: Twentieth of the Year (A) Aug. 20, 2023

Episode 846

The Incarnation means that Jesus really was a man of his time, his place and his people. He spoke their language, he dressed as they dressed, he had the same prejudices they had.

About the Speaker: F…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago