Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Catholic missionaries stay in South Sudan after attack on foreigners

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By Bronwen Dachs Catholic News Service CAPE TOWN, South Africa — While most expatriate aid workers left South Sudan after a brutal attack on foreigners in the capital, a group of Catholic missionaries chose to stay. “We stayed because we are committed to the ordinary people who are suffering so much,” La Sallian Christian Brother […]

Sisters committed to serving poor, vulnerable people in Mississippi

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By Marnie McAllister Catholic News Service NAZARETH, Ky. — The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth commit in their mission statement to “risk their lives” in their ministry to the poor and vulnerable. “You don’t know what that’s going to be like or look like,” said Sister Susan Gatz, president of the religious order. “But now […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Am I free to marry?

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QUESTION CORNER Q:I was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church. When I was younger, I served as an altar boy for several years. About 12 years ago, I got married in a Methodist church. I never had the marriage “convalidated” in the Catholic Church since my wife was against involving another member of the […]

The Catholic vote: important, but not as predictable

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By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Is there a Catholic vote? Well, yes. Kind of. Voting patterns show Catholics vote much like the rest of America, with minor swings one way or the other, depending on the candidate and the state. Nevertheless, the Catholic vote still is important, as syndicated columnist, political commentator […]

Carolyn Woo: I have met hope … in person

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OUR GLOBAL FAMILY In July I traveled to Serbia, Greece and Lebanon to review the refugee situation now that the borders to Northern Europe are closed. While the flow of people has diminished, it has not ceased. Migration is now largely dependent on traffickers who charge individuals 4,000 to 6,000 euros to facilitate illegal crossings. […]

2016 election marked by passionate electorate, coarseness and incivility

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By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — With the raucous Republican and Democratic conventions long concluded, assessments of the U.S. electorate routinely include such phrases as “mutual loathing,” “contempt,” “unbridgeable antipathy,” a “clash of visions” and “appalling eruptions of hatred.” November’s presidential contest between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican […]