Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Pope’s Curia reform, emphasizes church’s missionary nature

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Nine years after taking office, Pope Francis promulgated his constitution reforming the Roman Curia, a project he began with his international College of Cardinals shortly after taking office in 2013. “Praedicate Evangelium” (“Preach the Gospel”), which was published only in Italian by the Vatican March 19, […]

Local Tongan Catholics send aid back to island-nation

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VOLCANO AND TSUNAMI RELIEF By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Local Tongan Catholics recently sent three shipping containers back to their homeland to help family, friends and strangers who are still recovering from a volcanic eruption and its aftereffects. The idea for a shipment back to Tonga started with one family who had been saving […]

War is like ‘a cancer that grows,’ says Vatican secretary of state

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Russia’s war on Ukraine “seems to have changed” the world, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. Since the invasion Feb. 24, the bombings and battles have sent millions of refugees fleeing, led several countries to consider increasing military spending and raised the specter of […]

Talk story: Rivers of blood and tears

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Rivers of blood and of tears are flowing in Ukraine … War is madness! Stop, please! Look at this cruelty!” (Pope Francis, Angelus, March 6) As casualties continue to rise in the Russia-Ukraine war, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church “is ready to do everything to put itself at the service […]

Questions for Duane Pavao, Director of Cemeteries, Hawaii Catholic Cemeteries

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A Q&A by the Office of Catholic Cemeteries — Diocese of Honolulu. When the Diocese of Honolulu contracted with cemetery experts Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services (CFCS), a ministry from the Diocese of Oakland, the first step was to hire someone experienced and proven in sales, marketing, customer service and team building. Most of all, […]

Missions of peace

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Pope Francis last week sent the head of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development Cardinal Michael Czerny and Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, papal almoner, to Ukraine to meet with refugees and displaced persons and those who assist them. Cardinal Czerny wrote about his mission in the Jesuit publication “Aggiornamenti Sociali.” Here are excerpts. By […]