QUESTION CORNER Q: Is there an authoritative recommended single source of information on all the many Roman Catholic traditions such as behavior and rituals in church and prayers for appropriate occasions? (United Kingdom) A: No, unfortunately there is no such resource. Even when we’re considering canon law properly so-called, there is no one single master […]
Elizabeth Scalia: Yes, ‘accompaniment’ is going to get messy
COMMENTARY It’s not an easy discussion but it’s one Catholics should have. The United States just watched an abortion drama in Texas that ended when 31 year-old Kate Cox, then over 20 weeks pregnant, left the state in order to procure a legal abortion. The Texas Supreme Court had ruled that Cox and her […]
Christmas crackdown continues in Nicaragua
By David Agren OSV News BUENOS AIRES — Six lay staff members from a now-closed diocesan Cáritas chapter were convicted on money laundering charges in Nicaragua on Christmas Eve as the Sandinista regime stepped up its crackdown on the Catholic Church over the Christmas season. The Nicaraguan government has also forbidden the enactment of […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Jan. 5, 2024
It’s still the Christmas season, Quizzers, so leave that manger up just a bit longer, and grab another cup of eggnog while you take this weeks’ quiz. 1) A PROPHET SPEAKS Which biblical figure was called by God to preach to the city of Nineveh, inspiring the people in the city to proclaim a fast […]
Bishop Larry Silva: CHRISTMAS 2023 MESSAGE
Bishop Larry Silva: Christmas 2023 Nativity sets portray the great event of the birth of the Lord Jesus, the great gift of Emmanuel, God-with-us. Although the birth of Jesus took place in a particular historical time and place, and although we know he and his family were Jews, Nativity sets often portray them with local […]
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Isles honor our indigenous mother
By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald In Mexico every year on Dec. 12, as the sun peeks over the horizon, fireworks burst through the sky to greet Our Lady of Guadalupe on her feast day. On this day dedicated to her, thousands of pilgrims travel to see the miraculous image she left behind on the […]
Pope marks 800th anniversary of Nativity scene
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Away in a cave near Greccio, Italy, St. Francis of Assisi had the first Nativity scene — a live one — staged for the faithful on Christmas Eve in 1223. A 15th-century fresco now decorating the cave inspired the Nativity scene erected in St. Peter’s Square […]
Kalaupapa survivor Ivy Kahilihiwa countered life’s hardships with faith and a smile
Ivy Strong By Valerie Monson Special to the Hawaii Catholic Herald As a 9-year-old girl on the North Shore of Kauai, Ivy Laamea climbed a tree to survive the deadly 1946 tsunami that killed four members of her immediate family. Barely eight years after that, she was diagnosed with leprosy and forced to give up […]
Vatican office explains how, when gay couples can be blessed by priest
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — A Catholic priest can bless a gay or other unmarried couple as long as it is not a formal liturgical blessing and does not give the impression that the Catholic Church is blessing the union as if it were a marriage, the Vatican doctrinal office […]
Retired California nurse spreads holiday cheer to students
Boxes of Christmas stockings were also delivered to Lahaina public school students In the spirit of bringing some Christmas joy to students affected by the devastating wildfires in Lahaina, retired nurse Linda Higgins of Los Gatos, Calif., led a project to deliver hundreds of handmade Christmas stockings, stuffed with candy and small presents. One hundred […]
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