Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

All of Chile’s bishops offer resignations after meeting with pope on sexual abuse

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By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Every bishop in Chile offered his resignation to Pope Francis after a three-day meeting at the Vatican to discuss the clerical sexual abuse scandal. “We want to announce that all bishops present in Rome, in writing, have placed our positions in the Holy Father’s hands […]

Elise Italiano: Lessons from two soon-to-be saints

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IN LIGHT OF FAITH I was thrilled to see the announcement that Pope Francis will canonize Blessed Paul VI and Blessed Oscar Romero during the upcoming synod on “Young people, the faith and vocational discernment,” and I was even more elated that their canonizations will take place on the same day. I read Pope Francis’ […]

Voters in Ireland pave way for abortion on demand

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By Michael Kelly Catholic News Service DUBLIN — Voters in Ireland have opted to remove the right to life of the unborn from the country’s constitution, paving the way for abortion on demand up to 12 weeks. Results from the nationwide referendum showed that 66.4 percent of citizens opted to remove the Eighth Amendment from […]

Knights elect new officers, honor members at annual convention

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The Hawaii State Council of the Knights of Columbus, at its 39th annual state convention and banquet, April 27-29 at the Ala Moana Hotel, elected its new officers and honored its high achievers. Msgr. Gary Secor celebrated the opening Mass, and State Deputy Michael P. Victorino presided over the annual business meeting that followed. The […]

Official notices: June 1, 2018

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] June 1, 6:00 pm, Mass for the 50th Ordination Anniversary of Reverend Gary Colton, St. Theresa Church, Kihei. June 2, 5:00 pm, Confirmation Mass, Sacred Heart Parish, Waianae. [Msgr. Gary Secor] June 3, 10:30 am, Mass for Feast of Corpus Christi at the […]

LEILA (VILLADA) CONDON | 1926-2018: Former Hawaii Catholic Herald editor was also Sen. Fong’s press secretary

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Leila (Villada) Condon, editor of the Hawaii Catholic Herald from 1953 to 1959, died in a Honolulu care home, May 2. She was 91. Condon was born Leila Villada on Aug. 7, 1926, in Honolulu. She was a graduate of Maryknoll High School in Honolulu and the College of New Rochelle in New York. She […]

Talk story: Setting hearts on fire

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The Holy Spirit is the divine force that changes the world … The Spirit does not only change hearts; he changes situations. Like the wind that blows everywhere, he penetrates to the most unimaginable situations.” (From Pope Francis’ homily for Pentecost 2018) Just as the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles […]