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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 12, 2025

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. Pope Leo XIV urged an end to hostilities as Thailand and Cambodia engaged in a fresh, undeclared war over a longstanding border dispute. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Fabian Antony, text edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by Joe Mathews, Cover photo by AFP, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com [http://ucanews.com] For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com [http://www.ucanews.com] To contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate [http://www.ucanews.com/donate] On Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews [http://twitter.com/ucanews] To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

Observations: Diakonia

A Vatican commission has said that there is insufficient historical evidence to support the ordination of women to the deaconate. This disappoints those who want to see women join the clergy. However, it should remind us that the really important diaconate in the Church is already being provided by women and men who are not ordained to service. Father William Grimm  shares some thoughts on this. Produced by Binu Alex  About the Speaker: Father William Grimm, a native of New York City, is a missioner and presbyter who since 1973 has served in Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. A graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, he is the active emeritus publisher of UCA News. Now based in the United States, he regularly contributes columns, some of which have been collected in the UCA News e-book Spoutings. He is also the presenter of popular Sunday homilies telecast by UCA News each week. A collection of those homilies has been published as Dialogue of One. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com [http://www.ucanews.com] To contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate [http://www.ucanews.com/donate] On Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews [http://twitter.com/ucanews] To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

Homilies: Second Sunday of Advent (A) Dec. 7, 2025

"Advent" means "coming" and coming is something that happens from the future. At this time of year I remind myself that my whole life is lived in expectation of something that is coming, and that does not merely mean December 25. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com   For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com [http://www.ucanews.com] To contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate [http://www.ucanews.com/donate] On Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews [http://twitter.com/ucanews] To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

UCA News Weekly Summary, December 4, 2025

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes. Churches and temples in Sri Lanka are providing emergency relief to thousands left stranded by Cyclone Ditwah. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Fabian Antony, text edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by Joe Mathews, Cover photo by AFP, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com [http://ucanews.com] For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com [http://www.ucanews.com] To contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate [http://www.ucanews.com/donate] On Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews [http://twitter.com/ucanews] To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews

Homilies: First Sunday Advent A (A) Nov. 30, 2025

Advent is about the other kind of wait, the doing wait, the moving wait, the heading toward a goal wait. Perhaps it is more like riding on a train than like sitting in a theater before the show starts. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com   For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com [http://www.ucanews.com] To contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate [http://www.ucanews.com/donate] On Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.com/ucanews [http://twitter.com/ucanews] To view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews