Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Not me: The moral dilemma of seeking vaccine exemptions

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Getting vaccinated is “an act of love,” Pope Francis said in his latest urgent appeal, after more than a year of insisting COVID-19 vaccines be equitably available worldwide for everyone to get inoculated. Nonetheless, some Catholics have been wondering if they should seek a religious exemption […]

Diocese not giving religious exemptions for COVID vaccines

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii residents are free to claim a religious exemption from getting a COVID-19 vaccination where it is mandated, but they will not receive documentation from the Diocese of Honolulu to support such exemptions, mainly because the church has no objections to the vaccine. On the contrary, it wants people […]

Year of St. Joseph pilgrimage: St. Joseph Parish, Makawao

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Rooted in Portuguese immigrant heritage By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald During this “Year of St. Joseph,” why not try and visit one of the St. Joseph churches in Hawaii. In this issue, we head to Makawao, Maui, for that island’s second St. Joseph Church. Read our other St. Joseph church profiles here. The central […]

Catholic organizations help Afghan refugees in U.S.

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By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — An already tense situation in Afghanistan took a turn for the worse early Aug. 26 when an explosion near the Kabul airport led to casualties and injuries still being calculated. According to the Pentagon, at least 13 U.S. service members and at least 95 Afghans were killed; […]

Father Lane Akiona elected provincial of Sacred Hearts

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  By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii Sacred Hearts Father Lane Akiona was elected June 23 by his religious community as the superior of the United States Province of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, overseeing some 90 priests, brothers and seminarians in seven locations in four countries. It is […]

Kalaupapa’s Barbara ‘Bobbie’ Marks: ‘I wanted to learn’

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By Valerie Monson Special to the Herald Barbara “Bobbie” Marks did not allow her love for learning to be shelved when she suddenly had to leave her cherished Sacred Hearts Academy in Kaimuki in 1946 because she was diagnosed with leprosy. Throughout her many years at Kalaupapa and Hale Mohalu in Pearl City, Barbara was […]

Audit finds diocese in full compliance with sex abuse Charter

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  By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald An audit conducted in July found the Diocese of Honolulu in full compliance with the U.S. bishops’ “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People,” the set of procedures the bishops established in 2002 for addressing allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy. A letter […]

Italian priest recounts harrowing escape from Kabul

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Leaves Afghanistan with five nuns and 14 orphaned and disabled children and young adults By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service ROME — Although Barnabite Father Giovanni Scalese, head of the Catholic mission in Afghanistan, found himself back in his native Italy after the fall of the Afghan capital, his thoughts remained on the church […]