Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Conflict keeps people from farming, driving countries to brink of famine

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By Bronwen Dachs Catholic News Service Conflict is driving four countries — Yemen, South Sudan, Burkina Faso and northeastern Nigeria — into famine, the World Food Program warned. While the land is suitable for growing crops in rural northeastern Nigeria, people there are close to starving because of ongoing violence, said a Catholic Relief Services […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Is donating my body allowed? What do you pray when entering a church?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: At my death, I would like to donate my body to the local medical school for their continued research and training of students. Is this allowed in the Catholic Church? (Kailua, Hawaii) A: Yes, it is allowed — but with certain cautions. The Catholic Church teaches that it is permissible and even […]

Family of religious scouting award recipients

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The annual Scout Mass and Awards Ceremony took place on March 6 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. It recognized scouts who earned religious awards in both 2019 and 2020, covering two years because the pandemic canceled last year’s ceremony. This year’s gathering also recognized those who participated in the virtual St. […]

Photo: Memorializing their loss

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Bishop Larry Silva celebrated a special Mass on the feast of the Annunciation, March 25, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu with a ceremony for families to remember and name their miscarried children.  After Mass, those that wanted to could take a photo with Bishop Silva. The liturgy was part of the start […]

Vatican stats show growth in number of Catholics worldwide

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  By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world has shown steady growth, while the number of religious men and women continued to decrease, according to Vatican statistics. At the end of 2019, the worldwide Catholic population exceeded 1.34 billion, which continued to be […]

Hidden loss: The Diocese of Honolulu is working on outreach to those who have experienced miscarriage

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald For all the couples happily celebrating the birth of a child, others know the pain of miscarriage and stillbirth. As the Diocese of Honolulu is creating a ministry about miscarriage (see sidebar), the Hawaii Catholic Herald spoke to three local couples who have experienced it. The Noguchis: Instinct is […]

Bishop Silva is reinstating the obligation for island Catholics to attend Sunday Mass

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End of dispensation By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva on Easter will end the dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass that he issued more than a year ago in the Diocese of Honolulu because of the coronavirus pandemic. In a two-page March 5 memo to pastors and parishioners (see text […]