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50 years ago — June 9, 1967
An editorial cartoon printed in the June 9, 1967 issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald.
25 years ago — June 5, 1992
Pope pledges help for Bosnian Muslim refugees
Pope John Paul II has pledged Catholic aid to Muslims fleeing the fighting in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
“The Catholic Church is at your side through its network of assistance organizations,” he told a Muslim delegation from the war-torn republic which recently declared independence from Yugoslavia.
The pope said he asked the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum,” the Vatican’s emergency aid organization, “to intensify its work of coordinating humanitarian aid.”
The meeting took place May 25 and the pope expressed hope that it “stimulates still more the generosity of our Christian community throughout the world” in helping refugees.
10 years ago — June 1, 2007
Diocese to demolish mission damaged in October earthquake
Repercussions from a 6.7-magnitude earthquake off the west side of the Big Island last Oct. 15 are still being felt at St. Joseph Mission in Paauilo, the Catholic church hardest hit by the quake.
Because of safety and health concerns, the Diocese of Honolulu recently recommended that the small north Big Island mission church be demolished. The church is a mission of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Honokaa.
St. Joseph, which about 70 people had attended regularly until October, has been unsafe to enter since its major beams cracked, the choir side wall collapsed, and bathrooms were damaged in the earthquake.
A nearby hall also shifted three inches and damage occurred to the church cemetery. Church volunteers recently helped to clear a cemetery wall that had collapsed and build a new one.