By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Retired Pope Benedict XVI’s final message to Catholics around the world was: “Stand firm in the faith! Do not let yourselves be confused!” Less than 10 hours after informing the world that the 95-year-old pope had died Dec. 31, the Vatican press office released his spiritual testament, […]
Archives for December 2022
Bishop Silva’s letter on the death of Pope Benedict XVI
December 31, 2022 ON THE DEATH OF POPE EMERITUS BENEDICT XVI Dear Clergy, Consecrated Women and Men, and all the Faithful of the Diocese of Honolulu, Peace be with you! As we received news of the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on this day in Rome, we thank God for giving us the leadership […]
Bishop charged with conspiracy to undermine Nicaragua, spread false news
By Catholic News Service MANAGUA, Nicaragua — A Nicaraguan bishop held for nearly four months was formally charged during an unannounced Dec. 13 court date, marking his first appearance since being detained. Bishop Rolando Álvarez Lagos of Matagalpa was accused of conspiracy to undermine the country and propagate false news, according to a statement from […]
Christina Capecchi: First notes: music, prayer converge
TWENTY SOMETHING From the beginning, there was music. It signaled the parade of life — comings and goings, mornings and evenings. The chirping of birds. The clatter of dishes. The croaking of frogs. Guido Monaco, an 11th-century Italian, loved it all — especially the chanting of monks. It confirmed what he had always sensed: Sometimes, […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Christmas 2022 Message
Get ahead! Be successful! You can be whatever you want to be! These are messages that constantly bombard us and that shape our lives more than we wish to admit. They all reinforce the notion that each one of us is our own god, and that we and we alone make ultimate decisions for […]
The (real) 12 Days of Christmas
You may know the song “The 12 Days of Christmas,” but did you know that according to the liturgical calendar, Catholics mark an actual 12 days of Christmas between the Nativity of the Lord on Dec. 25 and ending the day before Epiphany, Jan. 6? Here are those days. Dec. 25 – Solemnity of the […]
Priest’s funeral brings together lives he touched over 83 years
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The funeral Mass for Father Patrick Henry Freitas Dec. 7 brought together people in Honolulu’s Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa whose lives he had touched in his 83 years on earth and his 57 years of priesthood — former parishioners including a group from rural Maui, catechists whom he taught […]
Pope’s 2022: A year dominated by war, problems walking
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — While 2022 finally saw the publication of Pope Francis’ constitution reforming the Roman Curia, the biggest news and the biggest changes in his ministry came from Russia’s war on Ukraine and from the pope’s own problems walking. Knee problems forced the pope, who will celebrate his […]
Melody of love
A reflection on Yo-Yo Ma’s Kalaupapa concert among the headstones By Sisters Alicia Damien Lau and Barbara Jean Wajda Special to the Herald “Melody of Love.” That seems a fitting description of the moving performance of Yo-Yo Ma as he made his borrowed cello sing with the energy of all those who have ever lived […]
Photo: For the cause of peace
Bishop Larry Silva, center, poses with delegates from the World Federation Japan Religious Committee on Dec. 6 in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. The group was in Hawaii on their annual pilgrimage to pray for world peace while participating in Pearl Harbor memorial services. Members of Hawaii’s Japanese Catholic Community were also […]
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