Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Francis in Canada: Trip shows tenacity of Canada’s Indigenous and pope

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service IQALUIT, Nunavut — At the end of his six-day visit to Canada, Pope Francis, sitting in a wheelchair, said goodbye to Chief Wilton Littlechild, also sitting in a wheelchair. Littlechild, a 78-year-old lawyer, survivor of abuse in a residential school and former grand chief of the Confederacy of Treaty […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Why a deacon if a priest is present? Is it wrong to long for heaven?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Often, I have been at a Mass where the deacon reads the Gospel, which is fine. But then, sometimes, the deacon goes on to give the homily while the priest watches. This disappoints me and makes me feel that the deacon is overstepping his bounds. Why should a deacon, rather than the […]

French report: lack of upkeep poses danger to historic churches

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By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service OXFORD, England — French parliamentarians warned that thousands of historic churches, many dating from the Middle Ages, will have to be sold or demolished unless government officials allocate resources to maintain them. “Like other Western countries, France faces questions over the future of its religious heritage given society’s growing […]

‘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 […]