Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

The persecuted church: Catechist instructor shot dead in southern Mexico

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By David Agren Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY — A catechist instructor was shot dead at a chapel in Chiapas state — another example of how the violence consuming Mexico is impacting the Catholic Church. The attack occurred June 15 in Acacoyagua, some 75 miles from the border with Guatemala, where 30 catechist instructors were […]

N.Y. court says archbishop’s remains must go to Peoria

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By Catholic News Service PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Diocese said Bishop Daniel R. Jenky “is overjoyed and elated” that the remains of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be coming home to the diocese following a ruling by the state of New York’s highest court. The New York Court of Appeals June 7 rejected a […]

Photo: Walk around the tomb

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Tourists walk around the tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem’s Old City, June 13. Following the successful cooperation on the 2016 restoration of the Edicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the leaders of the Greek Orthodox, Catholics and Armenian Orthodox, who serve as guardians of the holy site, have […]

Carolyn Woo: Faithful over fearful

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OUR GLOBAL FAMILY Common to most commencement speeches is the exhortation to approach life with boldness, to pursue one’s dreams, to live meaningfully, to honor one’s uniqueness and gifts, and to fight for the common good. The advice is definitely sound and seems to resonate with graduates. Yet, if life is the guide, most will […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: What about the pain of divorce? Taking fussy kids to Mass?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: I read your recent answer concerning divorced Catholics and their standing in the church. You and others fail to remind Catholics that the Catechism (No. 2384-85) calls divorce a grave injustice to the abandoned spouse and the children and also introduces disorder into society. How can you (and, it seems, most spokesmen) […]

Gender ideology is opposed to faith, reason, Vatican says

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Catholic schools must help parents teach young people that biological sex and gender are naturally fixed at birth and part of God’s plan for creation, said the Congregation for Catholic Education. In a document published June 10, the congregation said the Catholic Church and those proposing […]

Vatican declares first step toward sainthood for Filipino boy, 17

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By Catholic News Service MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino teenager who died could be on his way to sainthood after the Vatican declared him a Servant of God, the first step in the process toward sainthood. The Congregation for Saints’ Causes gave the Diocese of Cubao, Philippines, the green light to look into the life […]

Priestly martyrdom to uphold seal of confession not new

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By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service NEW YORK — A symbol of the historical commitment priests have to the seal of confession greets people as they cross the threshold of a Catholic church in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Above the door is a stone-carved image of St. John Nepomucene holding two fingers to his lips, […]

Four Catholics die in latest Burkina Faso church attack

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The persecuted church By Catholic News Service OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Suspected Muslim extremists attacked another Catholic church in Burkina Faso, killing four people and raising the death toll among Christians to 20 in a wave of violence in the West Africa nation. The worshippers were killed when armed assailants broke into Our Lady of […]