By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The shooting of police officers July 7 near the end of a demonstration in Dallas to protest fatal shootings by police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota earlier in the week “calls us to a moment of national reflection,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “To […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Should those who distribute Communion say my name?
QUESTION CORNER Q: How is it that some people who give out Communion say your name before they say “the body of Christ,” but not everyone gets called by name? I was an extraordinary minister of holy Communion some years back, and I stopped doing it because I couldn’t think of people’s names quickly enough. […]
Father John Catoir: Put away the phone
Cellphone obsession has become a serious epidemic and one that threatens our spiritual well-being. Please give me a minute to explain. A neighbor gave her 14-year-old daughter a birthday party, and noticed how quiet the girl’s friends were, until she went into the room and found them all on their cellphones. She was shocked […]
Altar boy to priest: Kauai native ready for ordination
When the Hawaii Catholic Herald called Deacon EJ Resinto June 17, the young diocesan seminarian was home on the Garden Isle, soaking in the sweet Kauai summer, cruising with friends and ohana.
Pope questions validity of many marriages today
He says too many couples do not understand bond is for life By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ROME — Because most people today do not understand that sacramental marriage really is a bond that binds them to each other for life, many marriages today can be considered invalid, Pope Francis said. Raising a point […]
Christians must apologize for hostility against gays, pope says
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM ARMENIA — Catholics and other Christians not only must apologize to the gay community, they must ask forgiveness of God for ways they have discriminated against homosexual persons or fostered hostility toward them, Pope Francis said.
Catholic response to Orlando: Pray, act, show solidarity
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — As Orlando, Florida, and the nation moves on from the shock of the June 12 nightclub attack, many are finding that there is no set path to find solace. But in the midst of collective mourning over the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, the Catholic Church […]
Sister sisters
Dorothy Santos (right) followed a religious calling close to home. Tomboy Cecelia Santos, lit with missionary fire, wanted to go to China Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Sacred Hearts Sister Dorothy Santos and Maryknoll Sister Cecelia Santos are blood sisters who grew up on a ranch in up-country Makawao, Maui. […]
A time to serve, a time to retire
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The retirement on July 1 of Holy Trinity pastor Father Dennis Koshko signals an aloha to a time when the local diocesan seminary was a robust, vital place. Like a beacon on a hill, in this case the higher slopes of Oahu’s Koolaus, St. Stephen Seminary attracted local boys […]
Brexit vote: Europe church leaders concerned unity may be fractured
By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service OXFORD, England — European Catholic leaders expressed concern that the decision by United Kingdom voters to leave the European Union threatened unity across the continent, but they also cautioned the EU bloc to rethink its values and priorities. The concerns arose after voters decided June 23 to exit the […]
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