Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Bishop extends Mass attendance dispensation through Oct. 31

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald For the third time since the coronavirus epidemic hit, Bishop Larry Silva has given to Hawaii Catholics an “extension of dispensation from Sunday Mass obligation.” This time it is through Oct. 31. The dispensation is for “all the people of the Diocese of Honolulu and all visitors to the […]

60 years after JFK, wait continues for the second Catholic president

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By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Thirty-three men between George Washington and John F. Kennedy served as U.S. president. Until Kennedy, all were white Anglo-Saxon Protestant men. It took 172 years for a Catholic to win the presidency. The wait for the next Catholic president sits at 60 years — and could be […]

Pearson Place, at new location, helps those with crisis pregnancies

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By Ava Montes Special to the Herald In 1970, three years before the Supreme Court’s infamous Roe v. Wade decision, Hawaii became the first U.S. state to legalize abortion on demand. The Aloha State’s claim to shame only worsened after the high court’s ruling. The Hawaii State Department of Health estimated nearly 5,000 abortions in […]

Americans have wide support for COVID-19 worship restrictions

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PEW SURVEY By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Americans overwhelmingly back pandemic-related restrictions on worship services, saying houses of worship should not be exempt. Americans, by a 4-to-1 margin, said houses of worship should be subject to the same social-distancing rules as other organizations. The ratio backing this view was 3-to-1 for Christians, […]

International stewardship conference to be enhanced virtual experience

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald You won’t have to get on a plane or book a hotel room to attend a major Catholic gathering this year. That should be an extra incentive to sign up for the all-virtual International Catholic Stewardship Council’s annual conference, Sept. 28 to Oct. 8, to hear dynamic plenary speakers […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Aug. 21, 2020

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Aloha all, Have you noticed that since the coronavirus, many of our priests have become televangelists? Ha! Thank goodness for live streaming and TV Masses during this pandemic. [forminator_quiz id=”23471″] PRINTABLE QUIZ 1) Saints St. Raymond Nonnatus (feast: Aug. 31) is the patron saint of midwives, childbirth and pregnant women. What TV show features a […]