By Easter Almuena Special to the Herald I invite everyone to recollect memories they have of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace for a book I am compiling celebrating the cathedral. Were you married there or your children baptized there? Did you spend time in prayer there and found yourself closer to Jesus? […]
The Holy Father’s life-changing ‘lockdowns’
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — While the coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions have interrupted people’s lives and brought suffering on a global scale, every individual — including the pope — has or will experience traumatic interruptions in their lives, Pope Francis said in a new book. “Illness, the failure of a marriage […]
Book goes behind-the-scenes in relating search for St. Peter’s bones
By Jo Ann Zuniga Catholic News Service HOUSTON — Two Houston men shared a journey through centuries of history and a decades-long archaeological dig under the Vatican to unveil a story reminiscent of adventurer archaeologist Indiana Jones complete with German Nazis in Rome. For legendary oilman George Strake and New York Times best-selling author John […]
Big Island deacon’s memoir explores transformative wake of son’s death
A permanent deacon working at a Big Island parish has published a personal memoir of spiritual and societal transformation and of his eventual call to the diaconate triggered by the tragic death of his 26-year-old son 15 years ago in Missouri. “A Place for Us to Meet,” by Deacon Jim Dougherty, is available through Amazon […]
