Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

The pope’s ‘staycation’: Correspondence, trip preparation fill his days

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VATICAN CITY — Returning to the Vatican in the midst of a heat wave after an eight-day, three-country trip to South America, Pope Francis took the kind of vacation he said he prefers: what has become known as a “staycation.” With the exception of a July 21 meeting with a group of mayors from around […]

Pope urges international activists to stand up to an ‘idolatrous’ financial system that ‘excludes, debases, kills’

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Pope Francis greets a young girl at the second World Meeting of Popular Movements in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, July 9. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)   SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia — Meeting with an international gathering of grassroots activists, Pope Francis not only encouraged, but tried to add fuel to their fire for “standing up to an idolatrous […]

Pope’s itinerary imperatives: the poor, the prisoner, the sick, the excluded

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Pope Francis arrives to meet people at a house in Banado Norte, a poor neighborhood in Asuncion, Paraguay, July 12. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)   ASUNCION, Paraguay — With almost every step Pope Francis takes on his foreign trips and with his every embrace, he pleads for dialogue and inclusion. His denunciations of a “throwaway culture” […]

Pope says he’ll read critiques of his economic thought before U.S. trip

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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM PARAGUAY — Before arriving in the United States in September, Pope Francis said, he will study American criticisms of his critiques of the global economy and finance. “I have heard that some criticisms were made in the United States — I’ve heard that — but I have not read them […]

Carolyn Y. Woo: The pope’s call to ecological conversion

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On June 18, I had the unbelievable privilege and unforgettable experience of speaking at the Vatican press conference for the launch of Pope Francis’ much-anticipated encyclical on the environment. Named “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” the encyclical draws from St. Francis’ “Canticle of the Creatures,” which “invites us to see nature as […]

At Bolivian prison, pope calls himself man ‘saved from his many sins’

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SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia — Pope Francis visited one of Latin America’s most notorious prisons, calling himself “a man who was and is saved from his many sins.” “I couldn’t leave Bolivia without seeing you, without sharing the hope and faith given in the cross,” he told people at Palmasola prison in Santa Cruz. Speaking on […]

Supreme Court rules same-sex marriage is legal nationwide

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Supporters of traditional marriage between a man and a woman rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington June 26, shortly before the justices handed down a 5-4 ruling that states must license same-sex marriages. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters)   WASHINGTON — In a landmark ruling, a divided Supreme Court June 26 said […]

All the earth sings God’s praise, but human activity is silencing it, pope says in his first encyclical

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Pope Francis is shown praying at an Austro-Hungarian cemetery for fallen soldiers of World War I in Fogliano di Redipuglia, northern Italy, Sept. 13, 2014. (CNS photo)   VATICAN CITY — The earth, which was created to support life and give praise to God, is crying out with pain because human activity is destroying it, […]

What you can do: the pope’s practical tips for helping the environment

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 St. Anthony School, Kailua, students sift sand at Kailua Beach to remove plastic particles. (HCH Parish and School News file photo)   VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home” is a call for global action as well as an appeal for deep inner conversion. He points to numerous […]

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