Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Jenna Marie Cooper: Why the church rejects contraception

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Question corner Q: A Catholic doctor who has to prescribe birth control pills as part of his job does not agree with the church’s teaching on contraception. He says the Bible does not talk about contraception. If contraception is stopped completely, abortions will go through the roof. Doesn’t it make sense for Third World countries […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Authentic prophets share God’s truth

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SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Jeremiah 23:1-6; Ephesians 2:13-18; Mark 6:30-34 The Book of Jeremiah is the source of this weekend’s first reading. One of the three major prophets of ancient Israel, Jeremiah so firmly saw himself as God’s representative that he wrote as if God were writing through him. So, in Jeremiah’s works, God […]

Franciscan Sisters celebrate 20 years of unity

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By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Isle Catholics might recall that Mother Marianne Cope, whose tireless and loving ministry to Hansen’s disease patients in Hawaii helped elevate her to sainthood, was a Franciscan sister of the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse, a city in upstate New York. St. Marianne didn’t just personify the […]

Oahu author makes Jesus’ genealogy kid-friendly

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By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Nichelle Soriano Torno says she has always dreamed of writing a book, but never imagined her work would be picked up by one of the largest Catholic publishers. Ascension Press, known for the podcasts “The Bible in a Year” and “The Catechism in a Year” with Father Mike Schmitz, […]

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