Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Cardinal Tagle laments deaths of innocent people in Philippines

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  By Catholic News Service MANILA, Philippines — A teary-eyed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila lamented the deaths of innocent people killed since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office. Addressing 8,000 participants July 22 during the last day of the Fifth Philippine Conference on New Evangelization, Cardinal Tagle asked if people were happy with […]

Letter to the Herald: Aug. 10, 2018

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Sharing the suffering of the Chilean church Perhaps you find it inappropriate to report a most disturbing series of events occurring in our Church in Chile. Truly, it is our church. We share the suffering of our Chilean sisters and brothers who we won’t blame for casting a vote of no confidence in their bishops, […]

Catholic capital punishment opponents praise pope’s revision

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  By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Aug. 2 announcement that Pope Francis had ordered a revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church calling the death penalty “inadmissible” was praised by Catholic death penalty opponents in the U.S. “I am overjoyed and deeply grateful to learn that Pope Francis closed the last […]

Head of Catholic Charities USA to speak here on plight of migrants

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MACKEY MARIANIST LECTURE Dominican Sister Donna Markham, the chief executive officer of Catholic Charities USA, will speak on the plight of today’s refugees and migrants at the Mackey Marianist Lecture, 4 p.m., Sept. 30 at the Mystical Rose Oratory on the Kaimuki campus of Chaminade University and Saint Louis School. Pope Francis has called on […]

MARIANNE COPE | 1838-1918: 100th anniversary of her death

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The Molokai saint’s death a century ago was met with an outpouring of acclaim for her selfless devotion to the Hawaiian people By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The death of St. Marianne of Molokai on Aug. 9 100 years ago was met with outpourings of sorrow and acclaim for her selfless devotion to the […]

St. Marianne’s Nigerian connection

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Visiting African archbishop hopes a relic of the Molokai saint will inspire healing in his violence-stricken country By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald For the first time, a relic of St. Marianne has been given to a diocese outside of the U.S. That diocese is Kaduna, in north-central Nigeria, and its leader hopes that sharing […]