Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for January 2020

Calendar: Jan. 10, 2020

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January 10 Friday Christmas Weekday 11 Saturday Christmas Weekday 12 Sunday Baptism of the Lord 13 Monday Weekday, First Week in Ordinary Time St. Hilary 14 Tuesday Weekday 9 a.m. Red Mass, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace 15 Wednesday Weekday 16 Thursday Weekday 4-6 p.m. March for Life, State Capitol 17 Friday St. […]

Put the phone away and talk to each other, pope urges families

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis prayed that people all over the world would end 2019 “in peace, peace in their hearts,” and that families would mark New Year’s by “communicating with one another.” Reciting the Angelus prayer Dec. 29, the feast of the Holy Family, Pope Francis entrusted to […]

Newman continues to host yearly prayer service for Christian unity

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Bishop Larry Silva is inviting the leaders of Catholic, Eastern rite, Protestant, Orthodox and other Christian churches to an hour of hymns, Scripture and prayer at the ecumenical Taize service in observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 7 p.m., Jan. 24, at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. […]

Richard Doerflinger: Catholic judges under the microscope

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A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY Catholics wanting to serve our country in the legal system are coming under intense scrutiny. In 2017, University of Notre Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett was grilled by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about her Catholic faith. Sen. Dianne Feinstein told Barrett that “the dogma lives loudly within you, […]

Church workers assist aid after Jakarta flooding leaves 60 dead

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By Catholic News Service JAKARTA, Indonesia — Caritas Indonesia (Karina) has joined the Jakarta Archdiocese in distributing aid to people hard hit by floods that have killed dozens of people in and around Indonesia’s capital. Ucanews.org reported the floods are considered among the worst to have hit the Indonesian capital and its suburbs since records […]