Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Pope joins young people to celebrate St. Francis’ jubilee year

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By Courtney Mares OSV News Pope Leo XIV traveled to Assisi Aug. 5 to celebrate the Jubilee Year of St. Francis with 2,500 young people, urging them to become the “new saints” the world needs today. The pope celebrated Mass at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels on the feast of the Transfiguration […]

Knights of Columbus celebrate achievements, look to future

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By Andre Escaleira Jr. Denver Catholic / OSV News DENVER — In a moving display of the Catholic Church’s unity, thousands of Knights of Columbus from around the world gathered in Denver for their 144th Supreme Convention Aug. 4-6. With some members and their families traveling from the Philippines, South Korea, Ukraine, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania […]

South American nations added to Pope Leo’s apostolic itinerary

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By Courtney Mares OSV News ROME — Pope Leo XIV will make the first apostolic journey to South America of his pontificate Nov. 6-17, visiting 10 cities in Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, the Vatican has announced. The trip will take him from one of Latin America’s least religious countries to the homeland of the late […]

In visit to Lampedusa, Pope Leo XIV urges faithful to show compassion

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By Courtney Mares OSV News LAMPEDUSA, ITALY — Pope Leo XIV traveled to the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa July 4, laying a wreath at the graves of migrants who drowned trying to reach Europe and celebrating an open-air Mass in which he called on Catholics to be good Samaritans offering compassion to those who […]

Traditionalist group ‘in schism’ after unauthorized consecration

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The Society of St. Pius X elevated four priests to bishops despite warnings from the Vatican By Paulina Guzik OSV News The Vatican has declared the Society of St. Pius X to be “in schism” after the traditionalist group consecrated four bishops without the papal mandate, marking the most serious rupture in the church since […]

2033 offers major chance for Christian unity, Pope Leo says

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By Courtney Mares OSV News ROME — Pope Leo XIV has called on all Christians to work together toward the celebration of 2033, when the Catholic Church will mark an extraordinary Jubilee Year commemorating 2,000 years since the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The pope expressed this hope during a June 30 audience with […]

Pope approves new statutes for child protection panel

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By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Pope Leo XIV approved new statutes for the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors that seek to balance its integration with the Roman Curia while preserving its independence. The updated statutes, which were published by the Vatican June 13, detail the commission’s role within the Dicastery for the […]

First U.S. saint is honored in her Italian hometown

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By Courtney Mares OSV News PAVIA, Italy — Pope Leo XIV venerated a relic of the heart of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first U.S. citizen ever canonized a saint, during a visit June 20 to her hometown in northern Italy, saying that her missionary devotion to migrants speaks directly to the challenges of today’s […]

Pope celebrates writers, highlights importance of books

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By Courtney Mares OSV News VATICAN CITY — Pulitzer Prize winners, a Nobel laureate, celebrated novelists and authors from nearly a dozen countries met at the Vatican June 24 for an audience with Pope Leo XIV, who reflected on the importance of books to reveal who we are and “our inner dialogue with God.” “Writing, […]

Georgetown panel examines United States’ fraught racial history

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By Mark Zimmermann Catholic Standard / OSV News WASHINGTON — Juneteenth and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence provided the context for a June 15 online discussion on the importance of acknowledging the nation’s racial history honestly so the work of justice and equality can continue. “We actually have to have the courage […]