Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Manaolana | Karen Osborne: Providing hope where none seems to exist

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I’ve been thinking a lot about hope, lately. I live in Baltimore and for the past few weeks, we’ve been in the news for peaceful and violent reasons. We’ve seen the entire spectrum of protest, from burning police cars to calm speeches in front of City Hall following the death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore […]

Father Kenneth Doyle | Question Corner: I’m divorced. Can I be a Catholic?

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Q: I am a 68-year-old woman and am seriously considering converting to Catholicism. But I have been married more than once, have now been divorced for 11 years and, prior to the divorce, was separated for 10 years. I was exposed to Catholicism at an early age (when the service was in Latin), and I […]

Father John Catoir: Using dialogue to discuss difficult situations

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In today’s secular climate, it isn’t easy to guide teens along paths that will lead them to happier lives. Where do you begin talking to them about some of the potential problems they might face or the situations others might force them into? From drugs to sex, there’s an array of situations facing teenagers in […]

Mother and son: Pope Francis shares a personal and intimate devotion to Mary

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VATICAN CITY — From Easter to Pentecost — and especially during the Marian month of May — Catholics recite the “Regina Coeli” prayer “with the emotion of children who are happy because their mother is happy” that Jesus has risen from the dead, Pope Francis said. Although his devotion to the Mother of God is […]

Week after quake, trucks of aid begin reaching remote areas of Nepal

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KATHMANDU, Nepal — Truckloads of relief material organized by church charities began moving across Nepal a week after the Himalayan nation was rocked by a magnitude-7.8 earthquake April 25. “I am glad that much-needed aid is finally beginning to reach remote areas,” Greg Auberry, Catholic Relief Services’ regional director for East and South Asia, told […]

‘Scandal’ of inequality, fear of marriage must be addressed

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VATICAN CITY — Two millennia after the “Gospel of the family” defeated an abusive social practice that humiliated women, the “radical equality” of spouses in Christian marriage must now bear “new fruit” in society, including “the right to equal pay for equal work,” said Pope Francis. This “disparity” between men and women in the workplace […]

Father John Catoir: No matter what you seek in life, keep Christ close

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You’ve probably heard the phrase, “To thine own self be true,” spoken by Polonius in one of William Shakespeare’s works. These words have an important meaning in everyone’s life. This saying means we should follow what our conscience tells us in order to be true to ourselves. But we should be true to ourselves with […]

Manaolana | The greatest show on earth pauses for a greater show from heaven

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FAIRFAX, Va. — Brazilian trapeze artist Estefani Evans flies through the air above the center ring, mesmerizing the gasping spectators below. The 25-year-old performer for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus soared to different heights in that same center ring at the Patriot Center in Fairfax when she received the Catholic sacrament of confirmation […]