NEWS FROM PAGES PAST
50 years ago — March 30, 1973
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR—His Eminence Cardinal Pio Taofinu-u of Western Samoa invited the local Samoan Community on Tuesday on his return from Rome where he received the Red Hat from Pope Paul VI. He is the first bishop of Polynesia to be raised to the College of Cardinals. At the airport to welcome the Cardinal were: Msgr. Benedict Vierra, Vicar General of the Diocese; Most Reverend John J. Scanlan, Bishop Honolulu, Cardinal Taofinu-u and Talking Chief Catachyst Paulo. Chief Paulo is accompanying the cardinal on this trip, also Father Michael Adams, secretary to Cardinal.
25 years ago — April 3, 1998
Pope appoints Bishop DiLorenzo as U.S. delegate to Asian synod
Pope John Paul II has appointed Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo as one of two bishops who will represent the United States at the special Synod of Bishops for Asia, April 19-May 14, in Rome.
Bishop DiLorenzo will join the bishops from across Asia and the Middle East at the synod, one of a series of regional gatherings the pope is convening in preparation for the year 2000.
The other American bishop is Bishop John Cummins of Oakland, Calif. Both California and Hawaii are states whose populations have large percentages of Asians and Asian-Americans.
10 years ago — March 29, 2013
Islanders delighted with Peter’s new successor
“I miss my pope,” said Linda Cacpal, a St. Elizabeth, Aiea, parishioner who has an immense fondness for Benedict XVI, his clear, scholarly teaching, and his gentle and courteous ways.
Nevertheless, she has already started a file of news clips on Pope Francis, although it may take a while before it matches the size of her Benedict collection.
The new pontiff has impressed Cacpal by his “concrete action for the poor,” his “missionary” spirit, his outsider status.
And his choice of name: “I am a secular Franciscan. I am glad to see him emphasizing simplicity” she said.
Even his papal ring is “recycled,” borrowed from an earlier pope’s secretary, she said.
“I am glad to see a Jesuit in there,” added Cacpal, a longtime catechist and her parish’s former RCIA director. “We need a missionary pope. We are ready for one with a deep pastoral background … a reformer with experience dealing with the government of his country and of his own community.”
Pope Francis is also a hit with three Island priests — a South American, a Jesuit and a Franciscan — who share those particular affiliations with him.
