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Daily Reflections

Daily Reflections

Every day a reflection about the reading or Gospel is presented for the next day by Father Michael Kelly, a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica. This is your go to reflection for getting ideas to reflect with your near and dear ones or just use it as a food for thought.
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Daily Reflections
The Crisis of American Democracy

The Crisis of American Democracy

Listen to conversations and interviews from La Civiltà Cattolica ,the most respected digital Catholic journal from Rome . A must-read on all the present issues alive in the Church. Discover top Church scholars interpreting the history, politics, culture, science and art in the light of the Christian faith.
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Homilies

Homilies

Every week Father William Grimm, a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 years experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia, gives a perspective about the reading and Gospel of Sunday. Presented every Saturday, these homilies could be yours for you to share with your parishioners or friends and relatives. Feel free to share and reflect.
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This Week

This Week

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Presented every Friday, it gives you the knowledge of what happens around Asia in the Christian world. Subscribe to get notifications in your choice of podcast player or listen here.
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Observations

Observations

Well known speakers from all over Asia speaks their mind in this free-wheeling monologue. The perspectives ranges from religion, culture, politics, economy, science, technology and much more. Please subscribe to get notification whenever a new show is on air.
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Q&A

Q&A

Occasionally, UCA News invites experts to discuss issues relevant to Asian communities. Reporters from out vast pool spread across all Asian countries interview people that matters to the region and whose voice should be heard and preserved. Please subscribe to get notification whenever a new show is on air.
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Latest episodes

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 12 Dec, 2021

Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 12 Dec, 2021

December 11th, 2021 | 6:00 AM | E641

In the early Church, there was quite a contest between the followers of John the Baptist and the followers of Jesus about who was preeminent. But the evangelists used that contest to underline the important things they wanted to emphasize about Jesus in their communities. Whatever John’s Gospel was emphasizing always came back to two things - faith in Jesus and God’s love us and our love of one another.
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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of Lent (A) Mar. 26, 2023

Homilies: Fifth Sunday of Lent (A) Mar. 26, 2023

March 25th, 2023 | 8:30 AM | E802

The raising of Lazarus is a reminder that to be a Christian is not just to live in a certain way. Christians do have customs and commands that we obey and disobey, the chief among them being to love God and all those whom God loves.
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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 24, 2023

UCA News Weekly Summary, March 24, 2023

March 24th, 2023 | 10:30 AM | E803

People displaced by conflict in Myanmar return to their homes from camps despite security concerns, uncertainty, and no viable plan for rehabilitation. This story and more are in this week’s podcast.
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Observations: Redemptive salvation is more than a matter of the individual soul

Observations: Redemptive salvation is more than a matter of the individual soul

March 6th, 2023 | 12:13 PM | E798

In Lent we examine our lives in light of the Gospel, preparing to renew our baptismal commitment at Easter. Does my examination involve only personal matters or do I look as well at the social dimension of sin and salvation?  Father William Grimm  shares some thoughts on this.
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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 11 Dec, 2021

Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 11 Dec, 2021

December 10th, 2021 | 6:00 AM | E640

Jesus birth is attended by various pointers to its significance and meaning for redemption and God’s fidelity to his plan to redeem the human race. One of those concerns Elijah and misrule in pointing to the meaning and significance of the coming of Jesus. But, in the mind of the Evangelists, the Elijah pointing to Jesus is John the Baptist and the people rejected him and Jesus has been rejected, neglected and overlooked.
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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Lent (A) Mar. 19, 2023

Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Lent (A) Mar. 19, 2023

March 18th, 2023 | 8:30 AM | E800

The call to Baptism is an invitation to be cured of the blindness that afflicts the world. But, why us? Why should I be chosen to know the Lord when billions of better people than I will never have that chance?
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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 17, 2023

UCA News Weekly Summary, March 17, 2023

March 17th, 2023 | 10:30 AM | E801

Filipino victims of sex slavery by Japanese forces during World War II have rejected a move for compensation, saying the money is useless at this age. This report and more are in this week’s podcast.
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Observations: Eight billion and the count-up to disaster

Observations: Eight billion and the count-up to disaster

February 17th, 2023 | 5:22 AM | E790

The world’s population exceeds eight billion people, more than the planet can easily bear. The environment, other species, and all of us face a bleak future that calls us to a deeper trust in God’s love that used Jesus’ embrace of the way of the cross to bring about an unexpected hope for the world. Father William Grimm  shares some thoughts on this.
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