Podcast Episodes

Homilies: Fifth Sunday of Easter (A) May 7, 2023

Episode 815

Jesus tells us today that the place where we live with God is not only this world we live in now. He has prepared another place for us, one with "many dwelling places," enough dwelling places for eac…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, May 5, 2023

Episode 817

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

Asian nations have been listed among the worst violators of religious freedom by the US Commission on International Re…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Observations: The fading Japanese Church, the growing Church in Japan

Episode 816

Japan needs immigrants but is not able or willing to integrate them into the country. Immigrants now predominate in the Catholic Church in Japan. The Church could be a model to Japanese society of a …

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Easter (A) Apr. 30, 2023

Episode 813

Often we sheep are to blame for being led astray by bad shepherds. The sheep of whom Jesus speaks in the Gospel can tell the difference between their own good shepherd and a bad one. We are not alway…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, Arpil 28, 2023

Episode 814

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

Church leaders in southern India met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed various issues concerning the Christia…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Homilies: Third Sunday of Easter (A) Apr. 23, 2023

Episode 811

We share the Eucharist, and in that sacrament we know that the Lord is with us on all our roads, at all our tables. Then, we go to share that Good News with all. A Christian's encounter with Jesus is…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, Arpil 21, 2023

Episode 812

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

Hong Kong’s Jesuit Bishop Stephen Chow began his first visit to mainland China as tensions mount between the Vatican an…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Homilies: Second Sunday of Easter (A) Apr. 16, 2023

Episode 809

This is Easter time. We proclaim that Christ is risen. We say that God’s love has overcome the power of sin and death. We say that the power of evil is broken. Yet, when we check the news we see that…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, April 14, 2023

Episode 810

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

Christians across the globe celebrated Easter Sunday, while many Christians continued to face abuses and violence in v…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Homilies: Easter Sunday (A) Apr. 9, 2023

Episode 808

Easter is the anniversary celebration of your new birth in Christ through Baptism. It is the day on which eternal life became available to you through his Resurrection. It is the day you renew your c…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago