Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

New ecumenical/interfaith officer comes with a ‘natural’ interest in the ministry

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva has named Father William Kunisch II, pastor of Resurrection of the Lord Church, Waipio, as the new diocesan ecumenical/interfaith officer. He started April 21. Father Kunisch succeeds the late Father Jack Ryan who died Dec. 7, 2020. It is a post he held once before, from […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: April 30, 2021

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  Hi Heraldites, Thanks to Chrislyn Villena for sharing this joke in the Hawaii Catholic Herald Families Facebook group: How did God illuminate his message? He used the Israelites! -H.C. Harold [forminator_quiz id=”25965″] PRINTABLE QUIZ 1) Vatican II True or False: Two popes presided over the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II. a) True b) […]

Carole Norris Greene: Chauvin’s threefold conviction

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COMMENTARY Never underestimate evil. It has a way of coming back, of reinventing itself, of absorbing into itself anything that feeds into it. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was indeed found guilty on all three charges against him in the killing of George Floyd in 2020. He is in a maximum security prison. People […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Where did the Ascension happen? Do you have to stay for the recessional song at Mass?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Where did the Ascension take place? Matthew and Mark tell us that the apostles are to go back to Galilee, but Luke says that they should stay in Jerusalem until Jesus has risen. (Louisville, Kentucky) A: On the top of the Mount of Olives outside of Jerusalem’s Old City is a small […]

Federal appeals court says Ohio can enforce Down syndrome abortion law

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By Catholic News Service CINCINNATI — A federal appeals court April 13 upheld a 2017 Ohio law that prohibits doctors from knowingly participating  in performing an abortion because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. In a 9-7 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, based in Cincinnati, overturned an injunction against […]