Who we are
UCA News was launched in Hong Kong in 1979 as a Catholic news service in response to increasing demands for the exchange of information within the Church of Asia.
The mission of UCA News is: "To report news about and of interest to the Church in Asia."
For the last 30 years, UCAN has been gathering and disseminating information on Catholic Church life and Church concerns in this part of the world. Thanks to the generous support of benefactors, it has become the largest Church news service in Asia and one of the largest in the world.
What we do
UCA News offers various products and services:
- UCAN Daily Service UCAN reports in English, issued every weekday
- ASIA FOCUS Asian Church newsletter, 48 weeks a year
<from January 1, 1985 to December 31, 2008>
- UCAN Chinese Service UCAN reports in Chinese, 50 weeks a year < since
May 1, 1997 > - UCAN Indonesian Service UCAN reports in Indonesian < since
January 1, 1997 > - UCAN Korean Service UCAN reports in Korean < since
October 12, 1998 > - UCAN Russian Service UCAN reports in Russian < since January 1, 2006 >
- UCAN Vietnamese Service UCAN reports in Vietnamese < since
September 7, 1998 > - UCAN Cebuano Service UCAN reports in
Philippines' Cebuano language
< fromMay 1, 1997 to June 14, 2002 > - UCAN Tamil Service UCAN reports in Tamil
< fromSeptember 1, 1999 to August 30, 2002 > - UCAN Archives UCAN reports dating back to 1985, research tool to search UCAN reports
- UCAN Photo Service Photos of Church life in
Asia - Diocesan Profiles Series Profiles of Asian dioceses
- UCAN Series: Children in Asia Photos and text about children in
Asia - UCAN Institute A cyberspace school to train reporters and editors
- FABC Papers Documents issued by Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC)
Where we work
East Asia: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Mongolia, Taiwan
Southeast Asia:
South Asia:
Central Asia and eastern
Headquarters, Administration Office: Hong Kong
Main Editorial Office: Thailand
