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Kochurani Abraham

Kochurani Abraham

Kochurani Abraham, who holds a doctorate in Christian Studies, is a feminist theologian based in Kerala, southern India. She works to establish gender equality through her research papers, articles, and social interventions.

Vimal Tirimanna

Vimal Tirimanna

Sri Lankan Redemptorist Father Vimal Tirimanna is a leading Asian theologian, who teaches theology at the Pontifical Accademia Alfonsiana in Rome. The 67-year-old professor associated with the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) is also a member of the Theological Commission of the General Secretariat for the Synod 2021-2024.

Siktus Harson

Siktus Harson

Siktus, based in Jakarta, leads the team of UCA News reporters in Indonesia and Timor Leste. A journalist with 20 years of experience, Siktus has covered the events and trends that affect the Church in Indonesia.

Katharina Reny Lestari

Katharina Reny Lestari

Reny is a Catholic journalist based in the Indonesian capital Jakarta. She has been covering the life of the Church and society in Indonesia for over 20 years.

N. Leo Samuel

N. Leo Samuel

Based in Chennai, southern India, N. Leo Samuel writes about religion, politics and social issues in India. A journalist for more than two decades, he is an assistant professor at the Department of Journalism and Communication of the University of Madras.

Michael Sainsbury

Michael Sainsbury

Michael is a freelance journalist based in Myanmar, with more than 25 years experience writing about business, religion, politics, and human rights across the Asia Pacific.

Cedric Prakash

Cedric Prakash

Cedric Prakash, a Jesuit priest based in India’s Ahmedabad city, is a writer and an activist focused on human rights, reconciliation, and peace. He writes on subjects related to social justice, peace, communal harmony, environment, contextual spirituality, and the constitution of India.

Christopher Joseph

Christopher Joseph

Christopher Joseph is a journalist based in India with more than 30 years of experience in news reporting and editing. He is currently the Editorial Coordinator at UCA News.

Justin Wejak

Justin Wejak

Justin Wejak is an ethnographer; he studied philosophy in Indonesia, theology and anthropology in Australia. For his PhD at the University of Melbourne he undertook an autoethnographic analysis of cultures of fear amongst Eastern Indonesian Catholics. By exploring the feelings of fear triggered by an Indonesian propaganda text connected with the killings of communists in Indonesia in 1965-66, he argued that Eastern Indonesian Catholic experiences of fear are simultaneously secular, religious and supernatural.

Robert Carl Mickens

Robert Carl Mickens

Robert is editor-in-chief of La Croix International, the English web edition of French daily La Croix. Since 1986, he has lived in Rome, where he studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University before working 11 years at Vatican Radio and then another decade as correspondent for The Tablet of London.

Jose Mario Bautista Maximiano

Jose Mario Bautista Maximiano

Jose Mario Bautista Maximiano, based in the Philippines capital Manila, is a Catholic scholar, public educator and columnist. He is author of the three-volume work on the Chronological and Thematic Essays: 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines.

Konradus Epa

Konradus Epa

Konradus has been working with UCA News for more than 15 years, with a particular concern on the rights of ordinary people. His in-depth features and stories often highlight the struggles of Indonesian farmers, migrants, and such other disadvantaged groups. His extensive knowledge of local culture and customs help his career.

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