Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Ecological sins

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The idea of updating the Catholic catechism to include acts that harm nature sparks Twitter debate By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service   VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ announcement that the Catechism of the Catholic Church would be updated to include a definition of “ecological sin” sent Catholic Twitter into a frenzy. Reactions ranged […]

Photo: Mass honoring Black Christ

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A person dressed in a Mayan ceremonial costume is seen during a special Mass in honor of the Black Christ of Esquipulas, Guatemala, Jan. 5, 2020, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. Housed in the Basilica of Esquipulas, the 16th-century cedar sculpture of Jesus is a popular object of veneration by Central Americans. […]

Effie Caldarola: Make 2020 a year of forgiveness

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FOR THE JOURNEY As we trudge into 2020, a year that promises to be just as rancorous politically as the year we are ending, I find myself thinking about forgiveness. Not forgiveness as a meek act of acquiescing to evil, which is what our national climate might persuade us to believe. But forgiveness as a […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Why a crucifix instead of a cross? Can medication be used to help this condition?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Most of my family is Protestant, but I became an adult convert four years ago and was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith. Members of my family often ask me questions about Catholic beliefs, and usually I can answer them, but recently my mother asked me one that I need your […]

Put the phone away and talk to each other, pope urges families

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis prayed that people all over the world would end 2019 “in peace, peace in their hearts,” and that families would mark New Year’s by “communicating with one another.” Reciting the Angelus prayer Dec. 29, the feast of the Holy Family, Pope Francis entrusted to […]

Richard Doerflinger: Catholic judges under the microscope

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A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY Catholics wanting to serve our country in the legal system are coming under intense scrutiny. In 2017, University of Notre Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett was grilled by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about her Catholic faith. Sen. Dianne Feinstein told Barrett that “the dogma lives loudly within you, […]

Church workers assist aid after Jakarta flooding leaves 60 dead

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By Catholic News Service JAKARTA, Indonesia — Caritas Indonesia (Karina) has joined the Jakarta Archdiocese in distributing aid to people hard hit by floods that have killed dozens of people in and around Indonesia’s capital. Ucanews.org reported the floods are considered among the worst to have hit the Indonesian capital and its suburbs since records […]