Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Attack on Christians in southern Egypt leaves at least 26 dead

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By Catholic News Service CAIRO — Masked assailants attacked a bus carrying Coptic Orthodox Christians on the way to St. Samuel Monastery in southern Egypt, killing at least 26 people, many of them children, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. “It is too early to say who is behind it, but certainly terrorists, and the […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Adoption by same-sex couples OK?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: I read recently in the Catholic press that representatives of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) had written a letter in support of the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act. That legislation would protect social service agencies who refuse, on religious grounds, to provide adoption services for same-sex couples. Does that […]

Catholic leaders find proposed federal budget largely fails the moral test

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By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2018 budget sent shivers through social service, education and environmental communities, prompting church leaders and advocates to question the administration’s commitment to people in need. The leaders repeated in interviews with Catholic News Service that a budget is a moral document […]

Five new cardinals, from Europe, Africa, Asia and Central America, fit Pope Francis’ formula for faith

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Geography and geometry By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, who described himself as coming from “the ends of the earth,” continues to go to the far reaches of the globe to seek those who will advise him and possibly elect the next pope. Announcing May 21 that he was adding […]

Pope Francis: Christians without tenderness, respect are serpents who divide

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 PARISH OF SAN PIER DAMIANI By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service ROME — The sin committed most frequently in Christian parishes and groups is bad-mouthing and backstabbing each other, which not only divides the community, it drives away people who come seeking God, Pope Francis said. “Truly, this pains me to the core. It’s as […]

Elise Italiano: Keeping cradle Catholics in the church

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IN LIGHT OF FAITH In his book “The Four Loves,” C.S. Lewis writes, “The typical expression of opening friendship would be something like, ‘What? You too? I thought I was the only one.’” I think this is the reason that a good number of my friends are Catholic converts. I have spent the better part […]

PresidentTrump nominates Callista Gingrich ambassador to Vatican

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By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — As he prepared to meet Pope Francis for the first time, President Donald Trump formally nominated Callista Gingrich, wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, to be the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. The White House announced the nomination late May 19 as Trump was beginning his […]

In Philippines, gunmen take Catholic hostages, martial law imposed

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By Catholic News Service MANILA, Philippines — Gunmen claiming to have links with the Islamic State group threatened to kill hostages, including a Catholic priest, who were taken from the southern Philippine city of Marawi May 23. President Rodrigo Duterte imposed martial law across the entire Muslim-majority region of Mindanao late May 23, but ucanews.com […]

Key step forward for Father Flanagan’s sainthood

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  By Joe Ruff Catholic News Service OMAHA, Neb. — The Vatican has taken a key step forward in the sainthood cause of Father Edward J. Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, local officials said May 15. The Congregation for Saints’ Causes found that the Archdiocese of Omaha’s three-year investigation into Father Flanagan’s life was […]