Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Talk story: It’s Lent: Rice Bowl time

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY  “Lent is a favorable season for deepening our spiritual life through the means of sanctification offered us by the church: fasting, prayer and almsgiving … for renewing our encounter with Christ, living in his Word, in the sacraments and in our neighbor.” (Pope Francis) February began with tragic reports of two […]

Eva Andrade: A thousand cuts

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  HAWAII CATHOLIC CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE REPORT Many people asked me what to expect for this year’s session of the State Legislature. I told them that after holding back physician-assisted suicide for 20 years, there wasn’t any equivalent big “moral” issue on the horizon. However, I warned them that I expected the outlook to be “death […]

Father Atonio ‘Niko’ Falaniko, diocesan priest: All around and all the above

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald You can find me everywhere. Some days I say Mass here at the cathedral basilica. On Fridays and Sundays, I say Mass at the Carmelite Monastery. Sometimes on Sundays, I also say Mass at Queen’s Medical Center, or at various parishes. Not […]

Ask Father Kenneth Doyle: Why do the properties of bread, wine remain? Do miscarried babies go to heaven?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: I firmly believe that at Mass the Eucharist becomes Christ’s body and blood. But here’s what I don’t understand: Why then do the properties of the bread and wine still affect people — for example, those with wheat allergies or alcoholics? (Danville, Indiana) A: Not surprisingly, this is a bit difficult to […]

Talk story: The scourge of human trafficking

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY  “Human trafficking is an open wound on the body of contemporary society, a scourge upon the body of Christ.” (Pope Francis) Last month, the Vatican’s Migrants and Refugees Section released a new document, “Pastoral Orientations on Human Trafficking,” highlighting the harsh realities of modern-day slavery that include forced labor, the sex […]

Effie Caldarola: ‘Why I send my kids to Catholic school’

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FOR THE JOURNEY When the ground shifts beneath your feet, you fall back on faith. Sometimes, it’s a small earthquake that jolts you from deep slumber. Your spouse may not even stir unless it’s a really good slammer. Other times, you’re hauling the laundry up the stairs and it rolls in slowly. Or a desk […]

Richard Doerflinger: Building a wall against life

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A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY In what Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls a “historic victory for New Yorkers,” New York has passed what may be the nation’s most extreme and irresponsible abortion law. Andrea Miller, president of the National Institute for Reproductive Health that favored the law, calls it a “blueprint for change” to be replicated in […]