Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Doctors clear Pope Leo for lengthy South American trip this month

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OSV News Two weeks after surgery for lung cancer, Pope Leo XIV has been cleared by doctors to proceed with his planned Nov. 6-17 trip to South America, the longest and most demanding journey of his pontificate so far. In a statement released Oct. 26, papal physician Dr. Luigi Carbone said there are no medical […]

Pope returns to lead Angelus after lung cancer surgery

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By Courtney Mares OSV News VATICAN CITY — One week after Pope Leo XIV first revealed to the world that he would be undergoing lung surgery, the pontiff returned to the window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace Oct. 18, thanking Catholics worldwide for their prayers five days after undergoing lung cancer surgery. “I would like […]

Head of U.S. bishops urges people to vote, ‘put faith before politics’

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OSV News WASHINGTON — Ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement Oct. 14 reminding the faithful that “For citizens in a representative democracy such as our own, participation in public life — including voting — is both a right and […]

U.S. plan to livestream execution is called off

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By Kate Scanlon OSV News WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Oct. 15 called off Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad in December. The plan was met with widespread condemnation, including from U.S. bishops. In a post on his social media […]

Swiss Guard to mark 500 years since Sack of Rome battle

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Vatican News / OSV News The Pontifical Swiss Guard is preparing a commemorative year to mark the 500th anniversary of the Sack of Rome, in which 147 Swiss Guards lost their lives protecting the pope. On May 6, 1527, the guard fought bravely to defend St. Peter’s Basilica and Pope Clement VII, escorting him to […]

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 […]