Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

National Eucharistic Revival ends in Los Angeles

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By Pablo Kay Angelus / OSV News LOS ANGELES — The three-year National Eucharistic Revival closed in Los Angeles on Corpus Christi Sunday with a call to “become Eucharistic missionaries” and lead others back to the Catholic faith at a celebration scaled back due to unrest caused by recent immigration raids. “The Eucharistic Revival does […]

Vatican astrophysicist: Universe is ‘something that speaks to you’

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By Gina Christian OSV News PHOENIX — The Vatican Observatory attests that “science is not against God” — and the nexus of science and spirituality invites humankind to contemplate the Lord’s wondrous works, said a Jesuit astrophysicist. Father Pavel Gabor, vice director of the Vatican Observatory Research Group in Tucson, Arizona, shared his insights in […]

High court sides with Catholic Charities in exemption case

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By Kate Scanlon OSV News WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on June 5 unanimously ruled in favor of the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin, which had asked the high court to overturn a decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court the agency argued discounted its religious identity. The group previously appealed […]

Outreach remains a priority as 3-year revival ends

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By Kimberley Heatherington OSV News In the same way that a relationship with Christ is not about something but someone, the organizers of the National Eucharistic Revival will tell you that their movement is not just something faithful Catholics do, but something that they are — a grace from God, stirring up the hearts of […]

Termination of global food aid projects imperils kids, CRS says

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By Kate Scanlon OSV News WASHINGTON — Catholic Relief Services said May 21 that most of its projects under a federal international food aid program were terminated, leaving hundreds of thousands of children more vulnerable to hunger. The Trump administration said it was seeking to “align” its programs “with the President’s agenda.” More than 780,000 […]

Born in U.S., but a global missionary and leader

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By Maria Wiering OSV News Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 as he introduced himself to the world as the 266th successor to St. Peter — the first American to hold that role. His first words: “Peace be with […]

Photos: Scenes from Rome

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Faithful mourned and cardinals gathered in the days following Pope Francis’ death From top: U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, used holy water to bless the body of Pope Francis April 21 in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican (CNS); young people attended Mass […]

Lisieux and Avila celebrate their iconic saints

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By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News While millions of pilgrims hope to make their way to Rome for the Jubilee Year, Catholics in France and Spain will also have reason to stay in their countries as their respective churches prepare to commemorate two of the Catholic Church’s most popular saints: Sts. Therese of Lisieux and […]