Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

For many, Archbishop Romero’s canonization a dream come true

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By Melissa Vida and Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service ROME — For many pilgrims from El Salvador and for many Catholics who focus on the tie between faith and justice, waiting for the canonization of St. Oscar Romero was an exercise in patience. The declaration of the sainthood of the Salvadoran archbishop, who was […]

Cardinal responds to Archbishop Vigano’s accusations

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington had been told by Vatican officials to withdraw from public life because of rumors about his sexual misconduct, said Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. However, because they were only rumors and not proof, then-Pope Benedict […]

Young people want credibility, authenticity bishops say

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  By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Even in far-off Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, a bishop said a young person asked him what the church is doing to prevent clerical sexual abuse. “You would think in our isolation we would not hear about this topic,” said Bishop Paul Donoghue of Rarotonga, […]

Prayer to St. Michael sees resurgence in response to abuse crisis

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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In response to the church abuse crisis, many parishes around the country have been bringing out the big guns in a spiritual sense — calling on St. Michael the Archangel to help the church. Some pastors have asked their parishioners to say the prayer at the end […]

Pope Francis accepts Cardinal Wuerl’s resignation as Washington archbishop

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By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl as archbishop of Washington but did not name a successor. When the pope’s decision was announced Oct. 12, the Archdiocese of Washington released a letter from Pope Francis to the cardinal, making clear his support for Cardinal […]

Supreme Court examines dementia, health issues in death penalty cases

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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court, no stranger to death penalty cases, is looking very narrowly at two aspects of capital punishment this term: if an inmate with dementia should be executed if he has no memory of the crime he committed three decades ago and if a death-row […]

Carolyn Woo: Plea from the brokenhearted

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  OUR GLOBAL FAMILY At the opening of the Fifth National Encuentro in Grapevine, Texas, San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller said, “You are right to be heartbroken.” Much attention by church leaders, as it should be, is directed at new promises to take abuse seriously, encourage reporting, care for victims and establish safeguards. Yet little […]

Brett Robinson: Church in an age of attention deficit

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  THEOLOGY OF TECHNOLOGY It has been said that St. John Paul II was our first “media” pope. His international visits attracted scores of media attention. Television footage of millions attending a papal Mass were awe-inspiring. In 1987, the Holy Father delivered a prayer for world peace to over a billion people thanks to satellite […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Why are there only four Gospels?

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  QUESTION CORNER Q: Luke’s Gospel begins, “Several biographies of Christ have already been written.” Why, then, are there only four Gospels in the New Testament, and how were they chosen? (Charlottesville, Virginia) A: First, just a comment on your quote from the opening verse of Luke. The text you offer comes from an edition […]