Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Richard Doerflinger: A myth of neutrality

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A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY Once upon a time, we were told to allow dissent from time-honored legal and moral norms in the name of “freedom of choice.” Politicians assured us they were “personally opposed” to abortion but couldn’t impose their values on others. Assisted suicide was advocated not as a way to demean the lives […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Uses for cellphones in church?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Recently a reader complained about irreverent behavior in church prior to Mass, including cellphone use. As part of your response, you stated that cellphone use is always inappropriate. Judging behavior is also ugly behavior, at least as repugnant as irreverence. I use my cellphone prior to Mass while seated in church. I […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Receive the Holy Spirit

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WITNESS TO JESUS This is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost, June 3-4, delivered at the Confirmation Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Ewa Beach; the Confirmation and Holy Ghost Festa Mass at Holy Ghost Mission, Kula; and the Hispanic Confirmation Mass at Christ the King […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: May someone with dementia receive Communion?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: My father is 86 years old and was raised in the Catholic Church. He was considered an intellectual and earned his Ph.D. in philosophy. He became a nonpracticing Catholic and in fact rejected the church, although he had a thirst for justice and continued to treasure the church’s teachings on human rights. […]

Greg Erlandson: What does persecution look like?

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AMID THE FRAY In Terry Gilliam’s 1985 dystopian film “Brazil,” there is a scene where diners at a restaurant casually continue eating their meals while a terrorist bomb explodes nearby, taking out another table of diners. The scene has often come back to me as I look at what our society increasingly accepts as normal. […]

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