Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

National March for Life sets 2027 theme, keynote speaker

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By Kate Scanlon OSV News WASHINGTON — The 2027 National March for Life theme is “The Truth is Pro-Life,” the March for Life Education and Defense Fund announced Sept. 29. Hayden Sledge, chief of staff at March for Life, told reporters on a press call that “the soil is prime for us to make the […]

Pope Leo XIV in France: End-of-journey press conference tackles AI, abuse

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By Courtney Mares OSV News ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — On the return flight to Rome from his four-day visit to France Sept. 28, Pope Leo XIV said that the prospect of artificial intelligence destroying humanity does not keep him up at night. During an in-flight press conference on the papal flight from Metz, France, […]

Tens of thousands witness archbishop’s historic beatification

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By Gina Christian OSV News ST. LOUIS — Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen — the 20th-century theologian, evangelizer, Catholic communications pioneer, teacher and preacher — is now Blessed Fulton J. Sheen. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, a pro-prefect for the Holy See’s Dicastery for Evangelization and papal delegate, pronounced the Church’s declaration on Archbishop Sheen’s holiness of […]

Washington cardinal laments U.S. attitude toward immigrants

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By Mark Zimmermann Catholic Standard / OSV News WASHINGTON — Rather than passing by a suffering victim like the priest and the Levite did in the parable of the good Samaritan, Americans need to take action to support immigrants who are in this country without documents and are suffering under the government’s mass deportation policy, […]

Digital lab initiative enables evangelization on a hyperlocal scale

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By Jay Sorgi OSV News How does the Catholic Church more effectively reach people through that digital space we live much of our life in, use it to build better human encounters and move them to Jesus Christ’s love, mercy and the sacramental life at the most interpersonal and local of levels? Evangelization Lab, founded […]

Finding inspiration, hope in Archbishop Sheen’s legacy

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By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News The much-anticipated beatification of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen took place Sept. 24 in St. Louis, marking a historic moment for the Catholic Church in the United States. Not only is Archbishop Sheen the first television host to be formally recognized by the Church as “blessed,” but he also is […]

U.S. bishops form task force amid rising concern over AI

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By Gina Christian OSV News Amid recent calls from several artificial intelligence leaders for a slowdown in the technology’s development, the nation’s Catholic bishops are engaging tech leaders and lawmakers to address concerns over AI and online child safety. The bishops have also formed a task force to safeguard human dignity as AI rapidly evolves, […]

25 years after 9/11, Catholics called to be ‘instruments of reconciliation’

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By Kurt Jensen OSV News WASHINGTON — While overwhelming sorrow at the memory of the dead from 9/11 comes easily, the continuing challenge for Catholics is forgiveness and reconciliation in a fractured world, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio said in his Sept. 11 homily. Archbishop Broglio, head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, called […]

On his birthday, Pope Leo expands Vatican Library and archive

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By Courtney Mares OSV News ROME — Pope Leo XIV visited the Vatican Library for the first time as pope on his birthday, Sept. 14, and announced plans for the construction of a new modern building in Vatican City to house the holdings of the library and the Vatican Apostolic Archive. The pope said it […]

Jenna Marie Cooper: Mass, Communion are separate obligations

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Question corner Q: I’m a Catholic working at a funeral home and assisting at many Catholic funerals. I’m not always in the church for the entirety of Mass. I’m sometimes out during the Gospel and homily or after Communion helping with the arrangements. Since it’s not fulfilling my Sunday obligation, is it still OK for […]