Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Pope Francis exhorts new cardinals to exercise charity with a sense of justice

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New Cardinal Soane Mafi of Tonga greets pilgrims from his country after a consistory at which he was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 14. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)   VATICAN CITY — In a Valentine’s Day ceremony to create 20 new cardinals, Pope Francis offered a meditation […]

Manaolana | The real best movies, family films of 2014

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Agata Trzebuchowska stars in a scene from the movie “Ida,” which won the Oscar this year for best foreign film. (CNS photo/Music Box Films)   NEW YORK — The year just past saw the release of a number of films whose celebrated cinematic quality was not matched by moral merit. Writer-director Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood,” for […]

Romero’s beatification will be soon, archbishop says

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VATICAN CITY ­— Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero will be beatified in San Salvador “certainly within the year and not later, but possibly within a few months,” said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the postulator or chief promoter of the archbishop’s sainthood cause. Speaking to reporters Feb. 4, the day after Pope Francis formally recognized that the slain […]

Manaolana | Karen Osborne: Youth presence at pro-life event shows commitment

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  For many years, teenagers have walked in the March for Life, the annual pro-life demonstration in Washington that recently marked its 42nd anniversary. The event aims to bring awareness to the laws surrounding legalized abortion, hoping to change them. It attracts people of all ages from all over the country, united in one common […]

The late Thomas Merton, who last month marked the centennial of his birth, is still inspiring people to get closer to God

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WASHINGTON — When Trappist Father Thomas Merton addressed persistent racism in his writing during the 1960s, his message seemingly reached into the future. Appealing to society to recognize that all people are children of God, Father Merton questioned practices that prevented African-Americans from achieving full equality and called for the end of discrimination in all […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: What’s the Biblical basis for purgatory?

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Q: So far as I know, the other Christian religions do not provide for a purgatory — only the Catholic Church — and I’m wondering where purgatory is mentioned either in the Bible or in Christ’s teachings. (I would like to be able to defend my faith with some clear references.) (Chesapeake, Virginia) A: Speaking […]

Tears a proper, holy response to suffering, pope tells youths

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Pope Francis embraces Glyzelle Palomar, 12, after she spoke during a meeting with young people at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila Jan. 18. Also pictured is Jun Chura, 14, who also spoke. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)   MANILA, Philippines — The realities of life described by young people, especially the tearful question of a […]