Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

‘Red-tagging’ threat fails to frighten Filipino superiors

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By Catholic News Service MANILA, Philippines — Religious superiors in the Philippines have vowed not to back down from taking a strong stance against government mismanagement and corruption despite a political threat of being labeled “communists.” The religious superiors said in a statement July 17 that “red-tagging” would not deter them from criticizing the regime […]

Suggestions on how to get teens excited about Mass

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By Mark Hart Catholic News Service My cradle Catholic parents instilled in me the importance of going to Mass religiously (no pun intended) but were never able to articulate why we went, answering only “because we are Catholic and that is what good Catholics do.” It wasn’t until a youth minister explained the significance, depth […]

Findings of two new polls on faith show that the U.S. may be in a heap of trouble

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By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — With the issuance of two recent Gallup polls on Americans’ belief in God and their views on morality, one could come to the conclusion that the United States could be in a heap of trouble. One poll, issued June 15, found a record rating: Fully half of […]

Interview: Pope condemns abortion, says he’s not resigning

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In a wide-ranging interview with the Reuters news agency, Pope Francis condemned abortion, dismissed the idea that he’s preparing to resign and said he still hopes to be able to visit Russia and Ukraine in the fall. Pope Francis also told Philip Pullella, the Reuters’ Vatican […]

Webb telescope images feed the mind and spirit, Jesuit astronomer says

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By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Jesuits at the Vatican Observatory were wowed like most people by the beauty of the photos from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, but the director said they also are excited by the scientific information the telescope will reveal. “Such images are a necessary food for the human […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Why can’t we use a closed church? Can a non-Catholic be a cantor?

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  QUESTION CORNER Q: I am having a hard time understanding why a Catholic church closed by a bishop can no longer be used for Masses, weddings and funerals. For more than 100 years, this particular church — built by my great-great-grandparents — was considered sacred ground. Now my grandson wants to get married in […]

Greg Erlandson: Giving birth to a new movement

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AMID THE FRAY In the 50th year since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision allowing abortion on demand, that same court has judged that case wrongly decided and kicked America’s most neuralgic issue back to its elected representatives. Pro-lifers have responded with joy that a goal so long desired has been attained. But whether […]

Pope’s Canada trip: Beginning and ending with ‘sorry’

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said all the speeches he has prepared for his trip to Canada “begin and end” with asking forgiveness. In an early July interview, he acknowledged the “cruel way” the Catholic Church collaborated with the Canadian government in “colonization” by uprooting Indigenous children from their […]

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