Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Vatican questions accuracy of latest papal interview

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VATICAN CITY The Vatican said the latest published interview with Pope Francis, in which he says fighting sex abuse and the mafia will be priorities of his pontificate, should not be considered a record of his exact words. According to the article, published July 13 in the Rome daily La Repubblica, the pope also spoke […]

St. Michael parishioner queen of FCC fundraiser pageant

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The Oahu Council of Filipino Catholic Clubs will celebrate its annual fundraising campaign, coronation and pageant on Aug. 16 at St. Michael Church in Waialua. This year’s Queen of Charity is Jacqueline Buted Medrano of St. Michael Parish. The event begins with a procession at 4:30 p.m. and Mass at 5 p.m. followed by dinner […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: July 18, 2014

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More than half of the year — and the summer — is through, quizzicians. Take your time and enjoy the days to come. Also think thoroughly about the questions below. I tried extra hard this time to test your Catholic trivia knowledge! 1) Saints St. Ignatius of Loyola, whose feast day is July 31, died […]

Manaolana | Young people find healing, purpose, God’s love in the theology of the body

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PHILADELPHIA For campus minister Amy West, St. John Paul II’s theology of the body is more than just the late pope’s writings on the human body, the creation of male and female, marriage and human sexuality. It is a means of healing and self-discovery for young people. “What I see with each coming year is […]

Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Renegade researchers and the future of biomedical research

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Producing human embryos in the laboratory for research purposes makes most people uneasy. Even those who tolerate the creation of embryos in test tubes so that infertile couples might have children will often have reservations about the creation of embryos to serve as experimental research material or to destroy them for their cellular parts. Twenty […]

Heralding back: July 18, 2014

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — July 17, 1964 The Plebes A. A. of Maui won that island’s CYO Blooper League Championship. The winners are (front row, left to right) Toshi Nishimura, Ciro Dolfa, Mascot Dale Sasaki, Mascot Owen Kadotani, Robert Kawaguchi, Nobu Okano; (second row) Likiichi Takatsuka, Noboru Matsuda, Barney Panis, Yukiya […]

Kathleen T. Choi: A modest proposal

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Recently, Prince William’s wife Katherine was heading toward a helicopter. Rotor backwash lifted her skirt, and she did not appear to be wearing underpants. Some commentators thought Katherine’s lack of lingerie showed poor judgment. Most, though, criticized the photographer and the publisher of the resulting picture. A few echoed Kathie Lee Gifford’s remark, “If I […]