UCA News Podcast

Nihon Hidankyo, Japan’s nationwide organization of atomic bomb survivors, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. The award announcement said one reason the organization received the award was that the personal testimony of its members has advanced “stigmatizing the use of nuclear weapons.” 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

Sometimes, being a Christian means going against doing what comes naturally. The whole world does what comes naturally, and that is why it needs salvation. 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

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Indian Church leaders welcome maiden government-sponsored peace talks between tribal Christians and Hindu Meitei community in conflict-torn Manipur state. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by David Lawrence, 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

Jesus is challenging us to live in the real world, to give up all that might allow us to avoid the truth that there is no easy way to share in everlasting life. And everlasting life is what we all really want; all our other searches are symptoms of that desire. 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

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Pope Francis announced 21 new cardinals including five Asians, which observers say once again shows his thrust for going to the peripheries of the Church. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by David Lawrence, 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