Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Aid workers reeling from ‘unprecedented’ year of death

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By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News As the world marked World Humanitarian Day 2024 this month, the latest figures on the dire circumstances aid workers face on the front line highlight the alarming increase in attacks against them and their work to relieve the suffering of civilians caught in the crossfire. The aid research advocacy […]

U.S. bishops support affordable-housing bill

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By Kate Scanlon OSV News WASHINGTON — Legislation under consideration in Congress would help faith-based organizations respond to a shortage in affordable housing by easing restrictions on the use of their land to develop affordable housing, supporters say. The Yes in God’s Backyard Act, introduced in March by Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the […]

Indigenous women embrace religious life

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By Rhina Guidos OSV News SAN ANDRES SEMETABAJ, Guatemala — Sister Marta Yach Cosme walked through one of the gardens of the motherhouse of the Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist, touching the fronds of the ubiquitous plants and squeezing the herbs with the tips of her fingers, explaining their medicinal purposes. “We have to have […]

U.S. bishops OK pastoral plan for Indigenous faithful

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By Gina Christian OSV News LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — The U.S. Catholic bishops have approved a new pastoral plan for Indigenous Catholics, almost half a century since the last such document. “Keeping Christ’s Sacred Promise: A Pastoral Framework for Indigenous Ministry” was approved by a vote of 181 to 2, with three bishops abstaining, on June […]

Safety, access among top concerns for national pilgrimage

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By Maria Wiering OSV News There are hundreds of opportunities for Catholics to join the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage for Mass, adoration, processions and other events. However, casually meeting up with perpetual pilgrims along the four routes may be trickier, and is even prohibited along certain sections of the journey, according to pilgrimage leaders. “One of […]

Common questions about Mary, answered

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By Robert Fastiggi OSV News During a visit to Naples in March 2015, Pope Francis spoke to a gathering of priests, seminarians and religious women. In his speech, he told them that a key way to make sure Jesus is at the center of their lives is to “ask his mother to take you to […]

U.S. bishop tapped to lead Vatican charismatic renewal office

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By Gina Christian OSV News The Catholic Church’s charismatic renewal is a movement of the Holy Spirit to “bring about a church that is on fire” with God’s love, the new head of the Holy See’s official charismatic body told OSV News. “The Catholic charismatic renewal … is a deeply personal, life-giving, ongoing, transforming encounter […]