Writing a column on social justice and peace offers me plenty of timely issues to choose from. And I always sense from God the exact issue he desires that I write about. I’m not claiming here any special revelation. God’s active, guiding presence is available to everyone. All we need to do is deeply trust, […]
Thousands protest rape of elderly nun in India
BHUBANESWAR, India — Students at a Hindu-run school for the blind joined a nationwide outcry over the gang rape of a 74-year-old Catholic nun. The 50 students at the Helen Keller School near the convent where the nun lived chanted “Mother we cannot see, but we can feel your pain,” March 17, after news of […]
Father Kenneth Doyle | QUESTION CORNER: Was the crucifixion necessary?
Q: I have been a Catholic all my life, but I have never really understood why Jesus had to die for our sins. Couldn’t God have just forgiven us? (Eagan, Minnesota) A: Your question is one that has occupied theologians over the entire history of Christianity. I side with your position: God is God, and […]
Message of mercy: Let Jesus cleanse you of your sins, Pope Francis urges
Pope Francis gives the homily while celebrating Mass at St. Mary Mother of the Redeemer Parish on the outskirts of Rome March 8. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY — Christian faith and a moral life are responses to God’s mercy and not the result of “titanic” human effort, Pope Francis said. In meetings and […]
A walk with the suffering Lord: Each station is a ‘supreme offer of reconciliation and peace’
“Every new suffering of Jesus is a seed of future joy for humanity, every jeer, a premise of glory. Along that way of suffering Jesus’ every meeting — with friends, with enemies, with the indifferent — is a chance for one final lesson, one last look, one supreme offer of reconciliation and peace.” Archbishop Piero […]
New Kona church, mirroring the old, to be dedicated March 25
The front of St. Michael Church in Kailua-Kona under construction March 1. At right is the preserved landmark coral grotto built in 1940. (Courtesy photo by Walter Bacxa) The resemblance is intentional, pastor Father Konelio Faletoi said of the new St. Michael Church that has emerged on Alii Drive in the heart of Kailua-Kona and […]
Vatican security always on high alert, chief says after IS threats
VATICAN CITY — The head of Vatican security said Islamic State militants have threatened the Vatican, but there are no indications of any planned attack. The Vatican gendarmes, Swiss Guards and the Italian state police that patrol the perimeter of Vatican City State are always on high alert, said Domenico Giani, the commander of the […]
DEACON SAMUEL TAYLOR | 1916-2015: Retired Coast Guard captain was a ‘constant presence’ at Holy Trinity Parish
Deacon Samuel Taylor, the retired Coast Guard captain who spent his retirement as a deacon in “constant presence” at his parish of Holy Trinity in Kuliouou, died Feb. 24 at his home in Hawaii Kai. He was 98 and a deacon for 20 years. “It was like one of the family that died,” said Carole […]
What’s Father carrying in his car trunk?
Baggage. Who amongst us can get away without carrying some? Whether it’s physical stuff that weighs us down or emotional attachments that are our burden, Lent is a good time to reflect on what we carry around with us. Sometimes what you haul along are the necessary tools of service. Last month, when I was […]
SISTER MARY CANDELARIA PINUELA PERANIA, O.P. | 1948-2015: Dominican educator served the Lord ‘unreservedly’ in Hawaii, California
Dominican Sister of the Most Holy Rosary Mary Candelaria Pinuela Perania, who lived a full life as an educator, principal, religious superior, coordinator of Dominican lay associates and more died on March 1, the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, at St. Francis Hospice. She was 67 and a religious sister for 45 years. […]
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