We give thanks to Christ for uniting with us, embracing the fear, pain and death that are an ineradicable part of our lives. At the worst times of my life, Christ crucified is there with me.

About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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A new infantry battalion base in Christian-majority Papua has unleashed fears in the region, which has seen conflict and violence for decades. The Philippines has been added to a global watchlist of countries with severe restrictions on civic freedoms. We also bring you the latest on the Thai-Cambodia border tensions in this complete weekly news wrap-up from across Asia.

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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.

About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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As retaliatory missiles light up the skies over the Middle East, reverberations of conflict and crackdowns are making headlines across the continent. From a controversial anti-conversion bill in India to a sweeping new scam law in Cambodia, we bring you the latest on the Iran crisis and your complete weekly news wrap-up from across 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

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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?

About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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Faced with soaring prices and disruptions to their oil and gas supplies, Asian countries have started bringing in restrictions to protect their domestic markets. 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

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To accept that love and to be baptized is to accept as well the vocation that Christ has from the Father, a vocation he chooses to share with me. That is, the vocation to be an evangelizer, a missioner.

About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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The regional bishops’ group has called for restoration of diplomacy, dialogue, and emphasized interreligious solidarity in the Middle East region. 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

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