Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for June 2025

Compassion is a human, not religious issue, pope says

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Being religious does not automatically mean someone is compassionate, and yet for a Christian compassion is a clear sign of following Christ, Pope Leo XIV said. “Before being a religious matter, compassion is a question of humanity! Before being believers, we are called to be human,” […]

Reflection: Experiencing loss with the hope of the Resurrection

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By Anthony Selvanathan Special to the Herald Over the past 50 days, we have experienced the joys of the Resurrection as we journey throughout the Easter season, for Christ our Savior has been sacrificed. Within these 50 days, we have also experienced a transition in our universal church with the passing of the late Holy […]

Father Manuel Hewe: Humility opens us to the Holy Spirit

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Viriditas2: Soul Greening Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald The Holy Spirit chooses us. Love chooses us. Ang pag-ibig ang siyang pumipili sa atin. That truth is both comforting and challenging. When God’s love truly touches our hearts, we are never the same again. To receive this love, however, we must […]

Jenna Marie Cooper: Debunking claims of made-up Gospels

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Question corner Q: Some of my non-Catholic friends say that most of the Gospel is made up, as the earliest records show Jesus survived the crucifixion, married Mary Magdalene and moved away, leaving his disciples to carry on their new religious movement. They say the church was well aware of all of this, but covered […]

Christina Capecchi: Savoring the gift of taking your time

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Twenty Something As I write this, I am keeping company with a mama robin on our backyard balcony, so I’m treading lightly. Tapping, not pounding the keyboard. Sliding, not slamming the door. Basking in the breeze. We planted raspberries in the garden below her nest, where she is now incubating her eggs. It all feels […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Devotion to Christ is a collective act

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Feast of Pentecost Acts 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23 In the church’s liturgical year, only Easter and Christmas eclipse Pentecost. The importance, and grandeur, of these feasts of course derive from the events being commemorated. The church also sees them all as highly important because of the lessons to be learned from the […]