UCA News Weekly Summary, January 9, 2026

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes.

Christian clergy joined civil rights activists in a public demonstration in Sri Lanka to denounce the US kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. 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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