Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Effie Caldarola: Remembering Dorothy Day

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    FOR THE JOURNEY November is a month of thanksgiving, family and celebration. But it also ushers in our national period of overconsumption and excess in December. This year, the holidays come as the gap between the very rich and the poor widens, as attacks on Jewish-Americans and other minorities grow, and health care […]

Ohio House bill bans abortion after heartbeat of unborn detected

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By Catholic News Service COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio House for the second time in two years has passed a ban on abortion after the fetal heartbeat is detected, which could occur within the first six weeks of pregnancy. The “Heartbeat” legislation, or H.B. 258, passed Nov. 15 by a vote of 30-35. The Cleveland […]

Aid groups, bishop sound alarm over crisis in Yemen

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By Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service AMMAN, Jordan — Aid agencies and Catholic officials are sounding the alarm on Yemen’s spiraling humanitarian crisis, calling on the combatants to end the war and make badly needed assistance available. Yemen is facing the largest humanitarian crisis of this time, according to the United Nations. The impoverished nation […]

Catholic’s blasphemy acquittal challenged in Pakistan high court

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By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service MANCHESTER, England — The acquittal of a Pakistani Catholic woman sentenced to hang for blasphemy is to be challenged in the country’s Supreme Court, according to her husband. Three judges of the court ordered Oct. 31 that the death sentence against Asia Bibi, a mother of five, was to […]

Guam archdiocese to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy

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By Catholic News Service HAGATNA, Guam — Sometime in the weeks ahead, the Archdiocese of Agana will file bankruptcy and reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes said Nov. 7. “The bankruptcy proceeding is a continuation of the good faith mediation protocol that the archdiocese has engaged in for […]

Working with migrant laborers prepares seminarians for priesthood

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By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service YAKIMA, Wash. — Seminarian John Washington was looking for a summer cultural experience as he prepared to end his academic year at Chicago’s Mundelein Seminary and he found it in an agricultural field in central Washington. The seminarian from the Archdiocese of Atlanta spent his summer tending to Washington […]

In northeastern Kenya, priest finds, rescues vulnerable children

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By Doreen Ajiambo Catholic News Service MERU, Kenya — As dawn breaks in this eastern Kenyan town, Father Francis Riwa and his team head to the streets to find and rescue vulnerable children. On an average day, they take three children to St. Rita Catholic Church, where his congregation has donated food, blankets, clothing and […]

Carolyn Woo: ‘Fearfully, wonderfully made’

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OUR GLOBAL FAMILY During a lecture at an Asian university on how businesses and the students’ future careers in this sector can bring about constructive social and environmental change, a question shot out of the blue: “Dr. Woo, I have problem engaging on this macro question when I feel like I am unable to move […]

Father Eugene Hemrick: The best defense against depressing times

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THE HUMAN SIDE How do we keep our minds healthy in light of all the disturbing events in our world? How do we successfully deal with senseless crimes, starving children, devastating hurricanes, forest fires, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? Some suggest we turn off the news totally or at least periodically. This is true. Whenever travel […]