Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Catholic parish of teen who escaped abduction credits power of prayer

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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — For nearly three months, parishioners at St. Peter Catholic Church in Cameron, Wisconsin, were praying for the safe return of one of their own — 13-year-old Jayme Closs. When parishioners heard the news that she had escaped her abductor Jan. 10 and was safe, their prayers switched […]

Laura Kelly Fanucci: Ten pockets of prayer

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FAITH AT HOME January dawns, fresh and clean. The beginning of a new year. Although Advent is technically our new year in the church, January offers another jump-start — a chance to change and a renewed resolve to eat better, exercise more or waste less time online. Making time for prayer is a common resolution. […]

Pope says it is a ‘grave sin’ to deny God has blessed other Christians

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  By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ROME — Just as divisions in society grow when wealth is not shared, divisions within Christianity grow when the richness of gifts God has given to one Christian church or community are not recognized and shared, Pope Francis said. “It is easy to forget the fundamental equality existing […]

Catholic-themed socks offer practical, spiritual support

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By Aprille Hanson Catholic News Service LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Some people wear their faith on their sleeve, others on their feet, which is hardly sacrilegious. It is in fact, Sock Religious. Catholic socks are a rarity, but images like Mary, Pope Francis, St. Teresa of Kolkata and St. Joseph can be found at sockreligious.com. […]

U.S. bishops attend weeklong retreat about clergy sex abuse crisis

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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The U.S. Catholic bishops took part in a closed-door retreat Jan. 2-8 at Mundelein Seminary at the University of St. Mary of the Lake near Chicago to prayerfully consider ways to rebuild trust over the clergy sex abuse crisis. “We are honored to welcome the bishops of […]

‘Local’ dog finds job at Catholic hospital comforting kids

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By Katie Scott Catholic News Service PORTLAND, Ore. — Wrangler doesn’t have an MD and he can’t write prescriptions, but he works hard to help children who are injured or ill and often scared. The Hawaii-born Labrador is the first full-time facility dog at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Southwest Portland, and his task […]

Greg Erlandson: Guardians of truth

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AMID THE FRAY Fifty-three journalists were killed worldwide in 2018. Some died in war, but a shocking number died exposing corruption, covering protests or just doing their job. Time magazine called them and their harassed and persecuted colleagues “Guardians” of truth, and named them collectively “Person of the Year.” In the United States last June, […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Why so much incense at Mass? Can non-Christians be saved?

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QUESTION CORNER   Can’t stand the incense Q: Our pastor is very old-school and loves elaborate liturgy. He uses incense frequently, and my wife — who is seriously affected by the smoke — is at the point of not going to Mass at all. (She never knows when he might fire up the censer.) I […]