Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

English police to allow priests to give last rites at crime scenes

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  By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service MANCHESTER, England — Police in England have produced national guidelines to allow priests to give last rites to Catholics dying at crime scenes. The change follows the outcry by Catholics at the denial of permission to Father Jeffrey Woolnough to pass through a police cordon and administer the […]

Pope consecrates Ukraine, Russia to Mary

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By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — As Russia’s violent monthlong invasion continued to devastate Ukraine, Pope Francis laid the fates of both countries at the feet of Mary in the hopes that peace would finally reign. “Mother of God and our mother, to your Immaculate Heart we solemnly entrust and consecrate […]

Jesuitical, ‘young, hip and lay’ podcast, has global reach

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By Anna Capizzi Galvez Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — A “young, hip and lay” podcast, Jesuitical, from America Media is celebrating five years. Co-hosted by Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless, podcast episodes focus on three main segments — Catholic news, an interview with a guest and faith-sharing — “often over drinks,” as the podcast tagline […]

Elise Italiano Ureneck: The things they carry in Ukraine

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FINDING GOD IN ALL THINGS Like many people, I have spent the past few weeks watching and reading the news out of Ukraine. Images of desperate refugees fleeing home, of men pressed into service, of mass graves are now firmly lodged in my mind. I had to turn the television off one afternoon after watching […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: No purgatory for the good thief? No weddings during Lent?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: As I understand purgatory, it is a place where a cleansing is done, even if we have received the sacrament of anointing of the sick and/or made a good confession and had our sins absolved before death. My question is this: On the day Jesus was crucified, he told the good thief, […]

St. Bernadette’s relics to begin first U.S. tour in April

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By Toni Pallatto Catholic News Service MIAMI — The relics of St. Bernadette, the Marian visionary of Lourdes, France, will tour the United States for the first time. The visit will begin in South Florida at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Miami, with a morning welcome Mass April 7. The next day the relics […]

Pope’s Curia reform, emphasizes church’s missionary nature

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Nine years after taking office, Pope Francis promulgated his constitution reforming the Roman Curia, a project he began with his international College of Cardinals shortly after taking office in 2013. “Praedicate Evangelium” (“Preach the Gospel”), which was published only in Italian by the Vatican March 19, […]

War is like ‘a cancer that grows,’ says Vatican secretary of state

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Russia’s war on Ukraine “seems to have changed” the world, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. Since the invasion Feb. 24, the bombings and battles have sent millions of refugees fleeing, led several countries to consider increasing military spending and raised the specter of […]

Mini-pilgrimage: Stations remind faithful of Christ’s perfect example, depth of his love

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By Katie Peterson Catholic News Service NASHVILLE, Tenn. — From partaking in the sacrament of reconciliation to fasting to choosing what to give up, Lent is full of traditions that Catholics around the world take part in as they prepare to celebrate Christ’s passion, death and resurrection. But there’s another sacred tradition that dates back […]