Podcast Episodes

Homilies: Sixth Sunday of the Year (C) Feb. 13, 2022

Episode 666

The Gospel presents us with a decision and a consequence. We must decide who Jesus is, and upon what authority he says some very strange things. 

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

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, February 11, 2022

Episode 667

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

Vatican scoffed media speculations that it pulled out representatives in Taiwan and Hong Kong for potential diplomatic …

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Observations: “Words without thoughts”

Episode 665

After every new exposé of abuse in the Catholic Church, bishops, superiors and other managers end any statements with a pro-forma claim that their priority is the protection of vulnerable people. By …

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Homilies: Fifth Sunday of the Year (C) Feb. 6, 2022

Episode 663

The world is starving to hear of God's love, to see God's love. The world is swimming around in confusion, waiting to be brought into God's net. That is what counts.

About the Speaker: Father William …

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, February 4, 2022

Episode 664

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

As Catholics in Pakistan welcomed “Servant of God” status for a man who died a hero, the murders of clergy in Vietnam a…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Homilies: Fourth Sunday of the Year (C) Jan. 30, 2022

Episode 661

Either there is something wrong with Jesus, or there is something wrong with our expectations. We either have to abandon him as a savior or accept him on his own terms. There seems to be no other pos…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, January 28, 2022

Episode 662

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

Myanmar is facing a humanitarian crisis as it prepares to mark the first anniversary of the military coup that ousted a…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Homilies: Third Sunday of the Year (C) Jan. 23, 2022

Episode 658

The Word of God is, or should be, a reminder of God's presence among us. That is the reason we treat a Bible or Lectionary with special respect.

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

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, January 21, 2022

Episode 660

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

Election fever is heating up in Timor-Leste as a former Catholic priest stands for president. Justice and human rights …

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Observations: Dust off your Bible

Episode 659

Catholics, including those whose vocation is to proclaim the Word of God, have become strangers to the Word, and by doing so have put the mission and the very existence of the Church in jeopardy. The…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago