Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

CRS remembers four employees who died in Ethiopian plane crash

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By Paul McMullen Catholic News Service BALTIMORE — Approximately 480 men and women work at the Baltimore headquarters of Catholic Relief Services, the overseas aid and development agency of U.S. Catholics. None were more affected than Yishak “Isaac” Affin and Atli Moges by the March 10 Ethiopian Airlines crash that took the lives of all […]

Effie Caldarola: Gratitude as a Lenten practice

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  FOR THE JOURNEY Lent beckons, and that’s a good time to dust off my gratitude journal. If you want a run-down on all the ways gratitude can help you, visit happierhuman.com/benefits-of-gratitude. Over 26 studies have chronicled how gratitude can help you sleep better, experience less physical pain, spend more time exercising, improve your mood […]

Vatican summit on abuse: No more excuses

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Pope Francis says it is time for a ‘all-out battle’ against crime of sexual abuse of children By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The time has come for an “all-out battle” against the abuse of minors, erasing this abominable crime from the face of the earth, Pope Francis said, closing a global […]

Duterte’s drug war called ‘illegal, immoral and anti-poor’

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By Paul Jeffrey Catholic News Service KALOOKAN, Philippines — A Catholic bishop in the Philippines said his government’s controversial war on drugs is really a war against the country’s poor. “There is no war against illegal drugs, because the supply is not being stopped. If they are really after illegal drugs, they would go after […]

Ask Father Doyle: Did Jesus say ghosts exist? May I be a witness at a Protestant wedding?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: In a recent column, you quoted Luke 24:39 (“Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”) Are we to believe from this that Our Lord is confirming the existence […]

Cardinal Pell convicted on five counts; will appeal verdict

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By Catholic News Service MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian court found Cardinal George Pell guilty on five charges related to the sexual abuse of two 13-year-old boys; sentencing is expected in early March, but the cardinal’s lawyer already has announced plans to appeal the conviction. On Feb. 27, the judge will hear arguments from the […]

Pope: No more excuses; time for ‘all-out battle’ against crime of abuse

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The time has come for an “all-out battle” against the abuse of minors, erasing this abominable crime from the face of the earth, Pope Francis said, closing a global four-day summit on child protection in the Catholic Church. For quite some time, the world has […]

Vatican Abuse Summit Day 2: A woman speaks out, cardinal supports zero-tolerance policy, suggestion emerges for regional bishop accountability

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Vatican official urges reconsidering ‘pontifical secret’ in abuse cases By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church should re-examine how “pontifical secret” is applied in clerical sex abuse cases so there is greater transparency in the cases and it is not invoked “to hide problems,” said a canon lawyer and […]

Great expectations: Unprecedented Vatican summit on abuse has key, realistic goals

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — All eyes and ears will be on the Vatican during an unprecedented gathering Feb. 21-24 to discuss the protection of minors in the Catholic Church. When Pope Francis announced the international meeting in September, it sparked an optimistic note that the global problem of abuse finally […]