Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Prayers on the bayou: Louisiana celebrates faith, family, tradition with a 40-mile eucharistic boat procession

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By Catholic News Service LAFAYETTE, La. — The annual Fête-Dieu du Teche in the Diocese of Lafayette is a “time for all of us to renew our faith,” following the example of the first Acadians who were “led by their faith” when they came to Louisiana, said Lafayette Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel. The 40-mile eucharistic […]

Richard Doerflinger: Attacking life and choice

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A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY Congress is heading for a collision on the Hyde amendment, and the stakes could not be higher. This amendment to bills appropriating funds for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, named after prime sponsor Rep. Henry Hyde, has prevented federal funding of almost all abortions since 1977. President Joe […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Baptism for a child of non-Catholics? What if I forgot to fast before Mass?

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Question corner Q: A friend of mine asked me recently to find out if the parish I was raised in would baptize her new baby. My friend is not a Catholic, so I was surprised that she asked me this. The priest at my parish said that he could not baptize the baby because the […]

Berlin archbishop to name minister for gays, calls sidelining ‘painful’

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By Catholic News Service BERLIN — Archbishop Heiner Koch said he would appoint a pastoral minister as a contact person for gays, the Berlin Archdiocese announced. The German Catholic news agency KNA reported Archbishop Koch made the pledge when he met with representatives of the Lesbian and Gay Association of Berlin-Brandenburg, with the archbishop saying […]

Only Jesus reveals true Gospel, pope says, not individuals

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FIRST GENERAL AUDIENCE AFTER SURGERY By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The true Gospel has been revealed by Jesus Christ, not by individuals or founders of movements, Pope Francis said during his weekly general audience. “With the truth of the Gospel, one cannot negotiate. Either you receive the Gospel as it is, […]

Ruling blocking ‘transgender mandate’ called ‘victory for conscience’

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By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — A U.S. District Court judge’s Aug. 9 ruling to block the Biden administration’s mandate that doctors and hospitals perform gender-transition procedures despite their own moral or medical objections is “a victory for common sense, conscience and sound medicine.” That is the view of Luke Goodrich, vice president and senior […]

Greg Erlandson: Appreciating the gift of the Mass

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AMID THE FRAY Fresh from his 10-day stay in the hospital, Pope Francis dropped a Friday bombshell when he released his document, issued “motu proprio,” restoring, and in some cases adding to, the church’s restrictions on celebrating the Tridentine Mass. The outcry has been predictable and often heartfelt. Its devotees are not simply hostile reactionaries […]

South Korea gives sainthood candidate highest military honor

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Father Emil Kapaun’s  remains will be flown to Kansas after a Mass Sept. 23 in Honolulu By Christopher M. Riggs Catholic News Service WICHITA, Kan. — Father Emil Kapaun, a priest of the Wichita Diocese who laid down his life as a military chaplain during the Korean War, received South Korea’s highest military decoration posthumously […]

Victims of religious repression give horrific testimony

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By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Many people may not think about religious repression since it doesn’t happen in the United States. For those who may argue that it does, then it doesn’t happen on the scale and terror of those living in countries with authoritarian regimes. Testimony from survivors of religious repression […]