Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Father John Catoir: Parish community and the spiritual life

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There are two things to remember about your spiritual life: 1) It extends way beyond your prayer life to the way you treat others, the way you spend your money, the way you maintain your self-respect and even to your politics; 2) It also includes the way you relate to God through your local parish. […]

How one diocese reversed the loss of Catholic school enrollment

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By Joe Ruff Catholic News Service OMAHA, Neb. — Not just once, but now two years in a row, enrollment in Catholic schools across the Archdiocese of Omaha has grown by hundreds of students. This year’s 19,838 preschool through high school students in the archdiocese’s 70 schools compares with last year’s 19,560 students, a net […]

Off the beaten path: Pope looks far afield for new cardinals

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Choosing new members of the College of Cardinals, Pope Francis once again looked to countries and particularly to dioceses that were not and never had been represented in the body that advises the pope and bears responsibility for electing his successor. Announcing the names of 17 […]

Sister working in Aleppo says families all over city live in fear

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By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service LANCASTER, England — A religious sister working with Christian families in Aleppo, Syria, has criticized Western media for their allegedly biased coverage of the six-year conflict. Sister Annie Demerjian, a member of the Sisters of Jesus and Mary, questioned why Western journalists focused on the plight of people in […]

Father John Catoir: ‘Spotlight’ on child abuse

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  The Oscar for best picture of the year went to “Spotlight,” the movie that told the story of the child sex abuse scandal in the Archdiocese of Boston. It was released Nov. 6, 2015, and received six Oscar nominations, including two wins. To date, it has grossed nearly $100 million in foreign and domestic […]

Pearl Harbor chaplain’s remains identified, will be returned to Iowa

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  By Jill Kruse Catholic News Service DUBUQUE, Iowa — There was nothing yet infamous about Dec. 7, 1941, when Father Aloysius Schmitt woke up aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma to celebrate Mass that Sunday morning at Pearl Harbor. But just minutes after the liturgy ended, a surprise Japanese attack was underway, and Father Schmitt […]

Gay, transgender people deserve pastoral care, pope says

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  By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM AZERBAIJAN — Catholics who are homosexual, confused about their sexuality or convinced they were born in the wrong body deserve the same attentive pastoral care as anyone else, Pope Francis said. Flying back to Rome Oct. 2 after a visit to Georgia and […]