Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Father Eugene Hemrick: A spirit of inclusion to break down walls

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THE HUMAN SIDE Residing on Capitol Hill is like living in the Green Zone in Baghdad: Sophisticated barriers abound all around its perimeters. Ironically, they were constructed by Latinos, the same people some Americans would like to wall off. On top of this, some want to wall off Muslims from entering our country. In our […]

‘The Innocents’

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Film about Benedictine nuns violated by Russian soldiers after WWII called a story of hope amid darkness By Allana Haynes Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Anne Fontaine, director of “Coco Before Chanel” and “Gemma Bovery,” released her most recent work, “The Innocents,” about a group of Benedictine nuns in Warsaw, Poland, raped by soldiers after […]

Vatican says no changes foreseen in direction priests face during Mass

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By Colleen Dulle Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Recent comments by a high-ranking Vatican official have sparked questions about the direction priests should face while celebrating Mass, but the Vatican spokesman said Pope Francis has made it clear no changes are foreseen. Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the […]

Head bishop says violence calls for ‘moment of national reflection’

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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?

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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. […]

Pope questions validity of many marriages today

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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 […]

Brexit vote: Europe church leaders concerned unity may be fractured

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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 […]