Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for July 2022

Findings of two new polls on faith show that the U.S. may be in a heap of trouble

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By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — With the issuance of two recent Gallup polls on Americans’ belief in God and their views on morality, one could come to the conclusion that the United States could be in a heap of trouble. One poll, issued June 15, found a record rating: Fully half of […]

Interview: Pope condemns abortion, says he’s not resigning

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In a wide-ranging interview with the Reuters news agency, Pope Francis condemned abortion, dismissed the idea that he’s preparing to resign and said he still hopes to be able to visit Russia and Ukraine in the fall. Pope Francis also told Philip Pullella, the Reuters’ Vatican […]

Herald represented at annual Catholic Media Conference

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The Hawaii Catholic Herald attended the annual Catholic Media Conference in Portland for the first time in a number of years and also took home a handful of Catholic Press Association awards for work done in 2021. The newly renamed CMA (formerly the Catholic Press Association) held its annual Catholic Media Conference from July 5-7 […]

Webb telescope images feed the mind and spirit, Jesuit astronomer says

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By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Jesuits at the Vatican Observatory were wowed like most people by the beauty of the photos from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, but the director said they also are excited by the scientific information the telescope will reveal. “Such images are a necessary food for the human […]

Bishop ordains transitional deacon at home parish in Kona

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Bishop Larry Silva ordained Arrion Rosales-Llantos a transitional deacon July 1 at his home parish of St. Michael in Kailua-Kona. About a dozen priests and five deacons participated in the ordination. In attendance were the new deacon’s parents, Philippine immigrants Errol Llantos and Lovette Rosales-Llantos of Kona and family members Lourdes Perlas Rosales and Christina […]

From Kiddy for the kiddies: Bishop blesses Mililani playground

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald It must have been agony for the kids to have to wait for the adults to finish talking. But while the purple posts and bars and ladders and platforms of the shiny new playground at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church in Mililani beckoned enticingly, the main man in […]

Governor signs bill appropriating $5 million for Kalaupapa Memorial

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Gov. David Ige signed Senate Bill 3338 June 29 appropriating $5 million in state funds to build The Kalaupapa Memorial, a monument to the thousands of people, mostly unknown, who were forcibly quarantined to the Hansen’s disease settlement on Molokai from 1866 to 1969. “I really want to thank everyone involved with getting this measure […]

Photo: Specially blessed

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Bishop Larry Silva presents Father Konelio Faletoi, pastor of St. Michael Parish, Kailua-Kona, with an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis, July 1, at the diaconate ordination Mass for Arrion Rosales-Llantos. The occasion was Father Faletoi’s 30th anniversary of ordination. The blessing was arranged by St. Michael parochial vicar Father Jaroslaw Skrzypek. For his 25th ordination […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Why can’t we use a closed church? Can a non-Catholic be a cantor?

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  QUESTION CORNER Q: I am having a hard time understanding why a Catholic church closed by a bishop can no longer be used for Masses, weddings and funerals. For more than 100 years, this particular church — built by my great-great-grandparents — was considered sacred ground. Now my grandson wants to get married in […]