Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for July 2015

10 years: A chronology of Bishop Larry Silva’s first decade as Bishop of Honolulu

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Remains of St. Marianne return to Hawaii from Syracuse and is permanently enshrined at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace 2005 Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the United States, on May 17, announces the appointment by Pope Benedict XVI of Father Clarence “Larry” Silva, vicar general of the Diocese of Oakland, California, […]

By the numbers: statistics from Bishop Silva’s 10 years

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Ordination of Father Anthony Rapozo 10: Priests ordained Father Johnathan Hurrell, SSCC Father Paul Li Father Peter Miti Father Cletus Mooya Father Marvin Bearis Father Jon Cabico Father Anthony Rapozo Father Ajit Baliar Singh, SSCC Father Edwin Conselva, MS Father Nicholas Brown 30: Permanent deacons ordained 16: Priests incardinated Father Sebastian Chacko Father Raymund Ellorin […]

Pope urges international activists to stand up to an ‘idolatrous’ financial system that ‘excludes, debases, kills’

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Pope Francis greets a young girl at the second World Meeting of Popular Movements in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, July 9. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)   SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia — Meeting with an international gathering of grassroots activists, Pope Francis not only encouraged, but tried to add fuel to their fire for “standing up to an idolatrous […]

Pope’s itinerary imperatives: the poor, the prisoner, the sick, the excluded

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Pope Francis arrives to meet people at a house in Banado Norte, a poor neighborhood in Asuncion, Paraguay, July 12. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)   ASUNCION, Paraguay — With almost every step Pope Francis takes on his foreign trips and with his every embrace, he pleads for dialogue and inclusion. His denunciations of a “throwaway culture” […]

Sister Margaret Timothy Sato, Daughters of St. Paul: Finding strength through the ‘visit’

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If we look around, almost everyone in the world has a phone in their hands, watches television, and listens to music or the radio. As the culture of communication permeates life, more so is there a need for an apostolate where we can reach people in and through the media. I firmly believe that I […]

Pope says he’ll read critiques of his economic thought before U.S. trip

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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM PARAGUAY — Before arriving in the United States in September, Pope Francis said, he will study American criticisms of his critiques of the global economy and finance. “I have heard that some criticisms were made in the United States — I’ve heard that — but I have not read them […]

Office for Social Ministry | Talk story: Everything is connected

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“O Lord, seize us with your power and light, help us to protect all life, to prepare for a better future.” (From a Christian prayer in union with creation, by Pope Francis in his encyclical “Laudato Is’” Pope Francis closes his recent encyclical on the environment with this prayer, an inspiring plea for God’s grace […]

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