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UCAN, the Union of Catholic Asian News, is the most trusted independent Catholic news source in Asia, reporting news from, about or of interest to Asian Catholics and their friends abroad.

UCAN provides reliable up-to-date news report and commentary on issues affecting the Church in Asia.  Our focus is the vital work being done across the regions by thousands of priests, Religious and lay people to spread the Good News, serve those in need to deliver education, social justice and human development services in one of the world’s most diverse and dynamic continents.

Through its core news service ucanews.com, UCAN provides a modern, independent and accurate news service from our team of nearly 200 reporters and photographers in 22 countries.

Sister websites in five languages of ucanews.com under the banner CathNews provide a platform for our stories and aggregated material of interest to the Catholics and their friends published by other organizations.

CathNews websites are:

www.cathnewschina.com
www.cathnewsindia.com
www.cathnewsindonesia.com
www.cathnewskorea.com
www.cathnewsphil.com
www.cathnews.com

UCAN also provides customized Content Services, creating digital information products for clients and Church agencies in Asia.

These include:

ESSC is a Jesuit research institute that promotes environmental sustainability and social justice through the integration of scientific methodologies and social processes.

YAF, an online environment for Catholic youth in India, provides news services, social networking and mobile applications.

CRIB is a website and weekly newsletter that creates and distributes Indian and Asian religious news, features, interviews and opinions for the 125,000 Religious in India.