Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

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 […]

Police deflect rioters from Portland Catholic church, avert damage

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By Catholic News Service PORTLAND, Ore. — Police officers successfully drove dozens of anarchist rioters away from Holy Redeemer Church in Portland late July 1. The Portland Activists online calendar had announced a night rally at nearby Peninsula Park with the intent to “Abolish SCOTUS.” Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 decision overturning Roe […]

Supreme court overturns Roe v. Wade

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Ruling states there is no constitutional right to abortion in the U.S. By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In a 5-4 decision June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its nearly 50-year-old decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion in this country. The court’s 213-page ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: How can one obtain relics? Why do priests leave the altar before the last song is done?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Please forgive my awful handwriting. I have multiple sclerosis and also Parkinson’s disease and can no longer do very well on a typewriter or computer. My question is: Why is it so hard to obtain first-class relics? (Also, do I need permission from my bishop to obtain them?) I am now 65 […]

Greg Erlandson: Appreciating good homilies

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AMID THE FRAY Here’s an answer that should show up on Catholic Jeopardy: “Eight minutes.” The question is: “What does Pope Francis think the ideal length of a homily should be?” This pope, who has not been afraid to weigh in on controversial issues, recently addressed a topic that every practicing Catholic has probably thought […]

Supreme Court sides with coach in school prayer case

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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In a 6-3 vote June 27, the Supreme Court ruled that a former high school football coach had the right to pray on the football field after games because his prayers were private speech and did not represent the public school’s endorsement of religion. “The Constitution and […]

Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity kicked out of Nicaragua

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By David Agren Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY — The Missionaries of Charity have been expelled from Nicaragua, the latest in a series of attacks on the Catholic Church and its ministries from the Central American country’s increasingly repressive government. The order of sisters — founded by St. Teresa of Kolkata, known popularly as Mother […]

Bishop says church where massacre occurred to reopen by this fall

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By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Bishop Jude Ayodeji Arogundade of Ondo, Nigeria, is resolute in the wake of tragedy. St. Francis Xavier Church in Ondo, where at least 40 worshippers were slain by terrorists June 5 during Pentecost Mass, will reopen by the fall. “We’ll resume full activities as it has always […]