Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

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 […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Full immersion

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  WITNESS TO JESUS | BAPTISM OF THE LORD Here is the text of the homily for the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, delivered Jan. 12 and 13, at Sacred Heart Church, Punahou, for the installation of the pastor; at St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe, for the institution of lectors for the deacon […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: May I give to Shriners Hospitals? When should I put away my Advent wreath?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Can Catholics morally give donations to the Shriners Hospitals? Their ads are very convincing, but aren’t the Shriners Masons? (Surry, Virginia) A: All Shriners are Masons. (The reverse, though, is not true. Shriners International began in 1872 as a spinoff of Freemasonry, with philanthropy as one of its principal goals.) Shriners Hospitals […]

Mary Adamski: Lead us not into contention

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VIEW FROM THE PEW OMG! (Nothing irreverent intended: you know that’s just text-speak for gasp.) He’s done it again. It was Jan. 16 in his weekly public audience at the Vatican that Pope Francis again suggested that we could reword the Lord’s Prayer a bit. The last time the pope opined publicly about the wording […]