Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Jenna Marie Cooper: ‘Non-Catholic wedding’ has many nuances

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Question corner Q Can a Catholic priest or deacon attend a non-Catholic wedding reception as a guest? I realize that a Catholic priest or deacon should not attend the actual non-Catholic wedding ceremony. My question concerns attending the party following the actual ceremony. A I think the main answer here is really that it all […]

Reflection: A year to reflect, prepare

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By Anthony Selvanathan Special to the Herald A year from now, Catholics across Hawaii will celebrate 200 years since the arrival of the Catholic faith in these islands. Yet the bicentennial begins not next year, but now. Important celebrations rarely begin on the day they are observed. The church has long understood that moments of […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God, through Jesus Christ, guides us in our inadequacy

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Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9, 11-13; Matthew 11:25-30 This weekend, the first biblical reading is from the Book of Zechariah. Zechariah was of the priestly caste and was born in Babylon. His birth occurred during the time when many Jews were in forced exile in the Babylonian capital, and he went […]

Laura Kelly Fanucci: Love brings pain, hope

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Faith at Home “Making the decision to have a child — it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” Over the years I’ve heard so many parents share this quote from Elizabeth Stone, because it speaks to the (literal) heart of raising a child: a […]

Pope approves new statutes for child protection panel

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By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Pope Leo XIV approved new statutes for the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors that seek to balance its integration with the Roman Curia while preserving its independence. The updated statutes, which were published by the Vatican June 13, detail the commission’s role within the Dicastery for the […]

First U.S. saint is honored in her Italian hometown

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By Courtney Mares OSV News PAVIA, Italy — Pope Leo XIV venerated a relic of the heart of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first U.S. citizen ever canonized a saint, during a visit June 20 to her hometown in northern Italy, saying that her missionary devotion to migrants speaks directly to the challenges of today’s […]

Pope celebrates writers, highlights importance of books

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By Courtney Mares OSV News VATICAN CITY — Pulitzer Prize winners, a Nobel laureate, celebrated novelists and authors from nearly a dozen countries met at the Vatican June 24 for an audience with Pope Leo XIV, who reflected on the importance of books to reveal who we are and “our inner dialogue with God.” “Writing, […]

Georgetown panel examines United States’ fraught racial history

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By Mark Zimmermann Catholic Standard / OSV News WASHINGTON — Juneteenth and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence provided the context for a June 15 online discussion on the importance of acknowledging the nation’s racial history honestly so the work of justice and equality can continue. “We actually have to have the courage […]

A joyful beginning for the Knights of Peter Claver’s Junior Court

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By Maila Rondero Kaneaiakala, Vice Grand Lady of Knights of Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary Court 419 Special to the Herald Filled with joy and the promise of tomorrow, Hawaii’s newest Junior Knights and Junior Daughters of the Knights of Peter Claver took their first steps into a lifelong journey of Catholic leadership, service and devotion […]