Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for February 2019

Pope: No more excuses; time for ‘all-out battle’ against crime of abuse

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The time has come for an “all-out battle” against the abuse of minors, erasing this abominable crime from the face of the earth, Pope Francis said, closing a global four-day summit on child protection in the Catholic Church. For quite some time, the world has […]

Heralding Back: Back to Feb. 1969, 1994 and 2009

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Feb. 28, 1969 Chaminade Prof Receives Legion of Merit Honor Captain Jack J. Lynch (USN, Ret.), assistant professor of business at Chaminade College, has been awarded the Legion of Merit for “exceptionally meritorious performance of duty as chief of the Joint Petroleum Office, Logistics Division of CINCPAC […]

Vatican Abuse Summit Day 2: A woman speaks out, cardinal supports zero-tolerance policy, suggestion emerges for regional bishop accountability

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Vatican official urges reconsidering ‘pontifical secret’ in abuse cases By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church should re-examine how “pontifical secret” is applied in clerical sex abuse cases so there is greater transparency in the cases and it is not invoked “to hide problems,” said a canon lawyer and […]

Great expectations: Unprecedented Vatican summit on abuse has key, realistic goals

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — All eyes and ears will be on the Vatican during an unprecedented gathering Feb. 21-24 to discuss the protection of minors in the Catholic Church. When Pope Francis announced the international meeting in September, it sparked an optimistic note that the global problem of abuse finally […]

Child sex abuse in the U.S.: ‘Serious and pervasive’

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By Julie Asher Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Child sexual abuse in the United States is at epidemic levels. More than 60,000 children are reported to have been abused every year, outnumbering those killed by guns or cars. Those who survive are often left not only with physical wounds, but also with psychological wounds that […]

All grades to close at Saint Francis at end of school year

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All grades at Saint Francis School will close at the end of this academic year, the religious order that sponsors the Manoa pre-K to 12 Catholic school announced on Feb. 14. Saint Francis students received the news at an assembly at the end of the school day, which was also live streamed to the school’s […]

The Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii: A Corporation

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A recent announcement by Bishop Larry Silva of a change in membership in the Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii Corporation, and news of significant transitions at two Catholic schools in Hawaii, raises questions about how the Catholic Church is organized and operates in Hawaii. In Hawaii, […]

To ignore trafficking is to be complicit in the crime, pope says

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — To be indifferent to or ignore human trafficking and modern-day slavery would be to become an accomplice to those crimes, Pope Francis said. “Although we try to ignore it, slavery is not something from other times,” he said in a video explaining his prayer intention for […]