Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Father Kenneth Doyle: Did the pope say there is no hell?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Did Pope Francis just say that there is no hell? (Chesapeake, Virginia) A: No. Pope Francis did not say that there is no hell. That misinformation comes from a March 2018 article in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. The article — written by that newspaper’s co-founder and former editor, Eugenio Scalfari — […]

Talk story: The holiness next door

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY  “My modest goal is to propose the call to holiness in a practical way for our own time, with all its risks, challenges and opportunities. (From Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “Rejoice and Be Glad: A Call to Holiness in Today’s World”) “Seeing and acting with mercy: that is holiness.” Pope Francis […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God is love

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SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts of the Apostles 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; 1 John 4:7-10; John 15:9-17 The Acts of the Apostles once more provides an Easter season liturgy with its first reading. In this reading, Peter goes to the house of Cornelius who attempts to pay homage to Peter. Peter stops him, protesting that he […]

Richard Doerflinger: Planned Parenthood’s abortion fixation

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A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY Cecile Richards, who plans to retire this year as president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, has authored a self-congratulatory memoir called “Make Trouble.” During her decade-long leadership, trouble is certainly something the organization has created. While it serves fewer clients than in 2005, its share of the nation’s abortions […]

Father Geoffrey A. Brooke Jr.: Three steps to joy

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“Evangelii Gaudium,” “Amoris Laetitia” and, now, “Gaudete et Exsultate.” What do they have in common? They were written by Pope Francis? Yes. They are apostolic exhortations? Yes. More important? Joy. Joy is not only the thing that these three challenging texts of Pope Francis have in common, but joy is also the way one should […]

Christina Capecchi: Telling our stories, knowing for sure

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TWENTY SOMETHING When Oprah Winfrey was first asked the question, the talk-show queen was left tongue-tied. She was doing a live television interview with the late film critic Gene Siskel to promote her film “Beloved,” and he concluded by asking, “Tell me, what do you know for sure?” “I got all flustered and started stuttering […]

Sister Patricia Mary Maresca, Daughters of St. Paul: Be with me, God

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Our motherhouse in Boston has several communities. There is the provincialate community, the novitiate community, the infirmary community and the main community which is called the Damascus Community. The Damascus Community is the largest and consists of over 40 sisters who help […]