Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Father Eugene Hemrick: The weight of regret

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THE HUMAN SIDE When saints are lauded, we often envision a person who has lived an inspiring life. Take for example the lives of St. Paul and St. Peter. Each was blessed with enormous drive when converting throngs of people to Christianity. At the base of their zeal was a burning desire to share Christ’s […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Can we pray for Satan’s redemption? Why do priests wear golden vestments and use gold chalices?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Jesus tells us to love our enemies. Satan is our enemy. Should we love Satan, perhaps by praying for his redemption? Is it possible that, through our prayers, Satan could repent and be reunited with God? (Woodbridge, Virginia) A: There is no reason to believe that Satan would ever change his ways, […]

Foster parents welcome high court’s unanimous ruling

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By Gina Christian Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA — Foster parents for Catholic Social Services of the Philadelphia Archdiocese said the Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision June 17 on faith-based child welfare agencies comes as a relief. The court ruled that the city of Philadelphia may not exclude such agencies including CSS from placing foster children in […]

Texas city’s ordinance creates ‘Sanctuary for the Unborn’

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By Catholic News Service LUBBOCK, Texas — After a federal court dismissed Planned Parenthood’s challenge to a Lubbock ordinance that declares the city a “Sanctuary for the Unborn,” a lawyer with the Chicago-based Thomas More Society said he believes these sanctuary cities have solid footing in Texas law. “Cities have the right to regulate businesses […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Perfume a serious matter. Fallen-away Catholic kids.

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Recently, in answering a reader’s concern about “perfume fests” in her parish church on Sundays, you offered your opinion that “perfume terrorism is not universal.” Let me tell you that it is, in fact, universal; there are people who are suffering in every parish. I have had to leave Mass early to […]

Effie Caldarola: Fire, drugs and greed

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FOR THE JOURNEY It may have been a discarded cigarette thrown into a rag bin. No matter how it started, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City in 1911 took only 18 shocking minutes but changed history. The factory employed mostly young immigrant women, who labored long hours in a sweatshop for poverty-level […]

Pope Francis turns down German cardinal’s resignation

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By Catholic News Service MUNICH — German Cardinal Reinhard Marx said that following Pope Francis’ refusal to accept his resignation, he would “not simply return to business as usual” because it would not be the right path for him personally or for the archdiocese. “The answer of the Holy Father surprised me,” Cardinal Marx said […]

Pope: Eucharist is bread of sinners, not reward of saints

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — People’s hearts and the entire church must be wide open to wonder and devotion to Christ and ready to embrace everyone — sinner and saint alike, Pope Francis said. “The church of the perfect and pure is a room where there isn’t a place for anyone; […]

Authorities in China arrest underground bishop, priests

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  By Catholic News Service HONG KONG — Authorities in northern China have arrested a Vatican-appointed Catholic bishop, his seven priests and 10 seminarians in what is seen as part of a renewed crackdown on the underground Catholic Church in the communist country. Ucanews.com reported police arrested 63-year-old Bishop Joseph Zhang Weizhu of Xinxiang May […]