Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Pope prays for parents of Charlie Gard as they end legal struggle

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By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service MANCHESTER, England — Pope Francis is praying for the parents of Charlie Gard after a U.S. doctor told them nothing could be done to help their son. Chris Gard and Connie Yates announced in London’s High Court July 24 that they had ended their legal struggle to take their […]

Pope approves new path to sainthood: heroic act of loving service

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has approved a fourth pathway to possible sainthood — giving one’s life in a heroic act of loving service to others. In a new apostolic letter, the pope approved new norms allowing for candidates to be considered for sainthood because of the heroic way […]

Art as you’ve never seen it: Film highlights pope’s vision

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — What do the Sistine Chapel, a used car with 186,000 miles on the odometer and a statue of Our Lady of Lujan made out of metal from an abandoned factory have in common? Besides being found in the Vatican Museums’ collections, the 1984 Renault, the Renaissance […]

Proposed Obamacare replacements called seriously flawed

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Health bill must protect poor, immigrants, unborn and conscience rights, bishop says By Julie Asher Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — U.S. senators must reject any bill that would replace the Affordable Care Act unless such a measure “protects poor and vulnerable people, including immigrants, safeguards the unborn and supports conscience rights,” said the chairman of […]

John Garvey: The company of good people

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INTELLECT AND VIRTUE St. Bonaventure says, in his little treatise “Bringing Forth Christ,” “Seek the company of good people. If you share their company, you will also share their virtue.” With this thought in mind, we used to pay close attention to who our children’s friends were. We encouraged them to invite kids to our […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: What’s the official word on Medjugorje?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: What is the current official response of the church to the reported apparitions at Medjugorje? (Palmyra, Virginia) A: As I write this answer (in July 2017), the church still awaits a formal pronouncement from the Vatican on the authenticity of the alleged appearances of Our Lady at Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The most […]

Two priests kidnapped in Congo’s troubled North Kivu province

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By Godfrey Olukya Catholic News Service ARU, Congo — Armed men kidnapped two Catholic priests in the troubled North Kivu province. Congo’s bishops have asked security agencies to try to rescue the priests, who served at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church in Bunyuka. Sgt. Philip Longwa, a police officer in Beni, said gunmen attacked […]

Greg Erlandson: Mass confusion

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AMID THE FRAY In professional Catholic circles, a tired joke that still makes the rounds goes like this: Q: What’s the difference between a liturgist and a terrorist? A: You can negotiate with a terrorist. Most Catholics never use the word “liturgist” in everyday conversation, and may never have even knowingly met a liturgist, but […]

Images of faith at Capitol attest to role of religion in U.S.

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By Josephine von Dohlen Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Elaborate artwork adorns the monumental buildings in the nation’s capital, depicting the beauty and grandeur of the neoclassical era that inspired these buildings. It is within these various forms of art that the principles on which the United States was founded come to life. Much of […]