Question corner Q: I heard that the Vatican recently decided against having women deacons for now, but that they will revisit the question at a later time. How long will we have to wait before we have women deacons? (Ohio) A: The short answer is, we’re unlikely to ever have women deacons in the way […]
Archives for December 2025
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Our search for salvation and truth ends in Jesus
Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 This weekend the church invites us to celebrate the feast of the Epiphany of the Lord, one of the most revered feasts in the Christian calendar. Clear and distinct in the first reading from the third section of the Book of […]
Karl A. Schultz: Holy Family sets example and provides consolation
Commentary The feast of the Holy Family, which is situated appropriately between Christmas and New Year’s Day, serves as a context for the events it bridges: the birth of Christ and the octave of Mary. As the humanity of Jesus is our path to the Father, remembering the family of Jesus is a fitting way […]
Christopher Blum: Finding Christian character in the works of Jane Austen
Commentary “What vile creatures her parsons are! she has not a dream of the high Catholic [ethos].” So wrote John Henry Newman a generation after the death of Jane Austen. Newman was then a clergyman in the Church of England; he was troubled by the religion of the day, which he thought one of comfort, […]
Paulina Guzik: A miracle powered by faith
Commentary In 2023, my best friend was pregnant with her sixth child. It was a cesarean scar pregnancy, which for doctors is quite obvious: “Of course you’ll terminate right? Your uterus may blow any minute and you’ll orphan five kids. Think about it.” Such news was a heavy cross for a devout Catholic family with […]
Parish boundaries: Maps, decree
Decree Promulgating Parish Boundaries Whereas throughout the world the Latin Church, in accord with ancient Roman law, is divided into territorial areas which are governed by a diocesan bishop or an equivalent in law (Code of Canon Law, canon 372 §1); Whereas dioceses too are divided into distinct parts called “parishes,” which are ordinarily territorial […]
New parish boundaries reflect decades of work, change
By Lisa Dahm Hawaii Catholic Herald For most of his 20 years as leader of the Diocese of Honolulu, Bishop Larry Silva, his staff and a dedicated Presbyteral Council have been reviewing parish boundaries across the islands to keep pace with Hawaii’s changing population and other demographic shifts. “I have seen a change from sugar […]
Talk story: Recognizing God in our midst this Christmas season
Office for Social Ministry “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.” (Jn 1:14) The season of Advent invites us to slow down, look a little closer and reflect on the many ways God shows up today in our world. Christmas isn’t about grandeur or perfection — it’s about the miracle of God […]
Christmas 2025 front page: Nativity of the Lord
Acrylic work of Byzantine design by Dominican Sister Malia Dominica Wong, created under iconographer Phillip Zimmerman at the Monastery of Mount Carmel in Niagara, Canada. (Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP)
Respecting life: The reason for the season
By Val Streff Special to the Herald Christmas is a great time to focus on the incarnation of Jesus. Jesus took upon himself human flesh to save the world. Jesus conceived in the womb of the Blessed Mother shows us how God values life, especially the unborn. Passages 2270 and 2271 of the “Catechism of […]
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