Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Pope says Mary joins migrants travelling north

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  By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — During this “bitter time” of war, hunger, injustice and poverty, Our Lady of Guadalupe invites everyone to open their lives to her son, Jesus, and to learn to love others like he does, Pope Francis said. “The Lord, through the Virgin Mother, continues to give […]

USPS ‘Virgin and Child’ stamp features one of the world’s most revered images

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By Catholic News Service BOSTON — Every two years the U.S. Postal Service issues a traditional first-class Christmas stamp showing Mary and Jesus, and this year’s stamp features an oil-on-panel painting from the first half of the 16th century titled “Virgin and Child.” Attributed to a Florentine artist known since the late 1960s as the […]

‘Why The Nativity?’ is serviceable addition to stock of Christmas films

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By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — If you get the impression that the film “Why the Nativity?” is ubiquitous this holiday season, that’s no accident. Instead, it’s the conscious intent of the folks at Turning Point Productions, creators of this retelling of the New Testament’s infancy narratives. The dramatization — based on a […]

CNS’ ‘staying power’ credited to quality coverage of church

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By Julie Asher Catholic News Service A hundred years ago the U.S. Catholic bishops were insightful enough to realize there was a role for a news service to provide accurate information about the church, said Thomas Lorsung, retired director and editor-in-chief of Catholic News Service. “And they were smart enough to see this should be […]

Hackers planted false files implicating Indian Jesuit who died in prison

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By Catholic News Service NEW DELHI — Catholic activists and priests want the Indian government to “take full responsibility” for the custodial death of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy after findings by U.S.-based digital forensic experts that false evidence was planted on the priest’s computer. In a recent report, Arsenal Consulting, a Massachusetts-based digital forensics firm, […]

Some U.S. dioceses are lifting restrictions on Communion cup

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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — As many restrictions put in place at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have been lifted, some Catholic dioceses around the country are returning, or already have returned, to offering consecrated wine in the chalice for Communion while others are waiting to do so. Some dioceses lifted […]

Pope praises Ukrainians’ courage in ‘this sea of evil’

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  By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Nine months after Russia launched its war on Ukraine, Pope Francis wrote to the Ukrainian people expressing his admiration for their courage and commitment to their country in the face of so much death and destruction. “In this sea of evil and sorrow — 90 […]

Hong Kong cardinal, five others fined, but larger charge looms

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By Catholic News Service HONG KONG — A Hong Kong Court fined Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, 90, and five others for failing to register a humanitarian fund set up to help people arrested in anti-government protests pay legal fees. Cardinal Zen, retired bishop of Hong Kong, was fined 4,000 Hong Kong dollars (US$512) for failing […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: How do I keep the Lord’s day holy?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: I write to ask for guidelines on the Third Commandment — keeping holy the Lord’s day. I do not consider some of the things that I do to be work — cooking, for example, minor cleanups, mowing, trimming, weeding. Does the church look upon all chores as work? I find it very […]

Laura Kelly Fanucci: Jesus was a teenager, too

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FAITH AT HOME If I asked you to imagine Jesus’ childhood, you’d likely picture him as a baby in the manger. But have you ever considered that Christ was once a teenager, too? In this season that sings of “the little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes,” we can forget that the incarnation means Jesus […]