Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

‘Why The Nativity?’ is serviceable addition to stock of Christmas films

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By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — If you get the impression that the film “Why the Nativity?” is ubiquitous this holiday season, that’s no accident. Instead, it’s the conscious intent of the folks at Turning Point Productions, creators of this retelling of the New Testament’s infancy narratives. The dramatization — based on a […]

CNS’ ‘staying power’ credited to quality coverage of church

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By Julie Asher Catholic News Service A hundred years ago the U.S. Catholic bishops were insightful enough to realize there was a role for a news service to provide accurate information about the church, said Thomas Lorsung, retired director and editor-in-chief of Catholic News Service. “And they were smart enough to see this should be […]

Hackers planted false files implicating Indian Jesuit who died in prison

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By Catholic News Service NEW DELHI — Catholic activists and priests want the Indian government to “take full responsibility” for the custodial death of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy after findings by U.S.-based digital forensic experts that false evidence was planted on the priest’s computer. In a recent report, Arsenal Consulting, a Massachusetts-based digital forensics firm, […]

Some U.S. dioceses are lifting restrictions on Communion cup

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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — As many restrictions put in place at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have been lifted, some Catholic dioceses around the country are returning, or already have returned, to offering consecrated wine in the chalice for Communion while others are waiting to do so. Some dioceses lifted […]

Pope praises Ukrainians’ courage in ‘this sea of evil’

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  By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Nine months after Russia launched its war on Ukraine, Pope Francis wrote to the Ukrainian people expressing his admiration for their courage and commitment to their country in the face of so much death and destruction. “In this sea of evil and sorrow — 90 […]

Hong Kong cardinal, five others fined, but larger charge looms

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By Catholic News Service HONG KONG — A Hong Kong Court fined Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, 90, and five others for failing to register a humanitarian fund set up to help people arrested in anti-government protests pay legal fees. Cardinal Zen, retired bishop of Hong Kong, was fined 4,000 Hong Kong dollars (US$512) for failing […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: How do I keep the Lord’s day holy?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: I write to ask for guidelines on the Third Commandment — keeping holy the Lord’s day. I do not consider some of the things that I do to be work — cooking, for example, minor cleanups, mowing, trimming, weeding. Does the church look upon all chores as work? I find it very […]

Laura Kelly Fanucci: Jesus was a teenager, too

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FAITH AT HOME If I asked you to imagine Jesus’ childhood, you’d likely picture him as a baby in the manger. But have you ever considered that Christ was once a teenager, too? In this season that sings of “the little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes,” we can forget that the incarnation means Jesus […]

Bishop disappointed by passage of Respect for Marriage Act

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  By Julie Asher Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth said he was “gravely disappointed” by the U.S. Senate’s passage of the Respect for Marriage Act. Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, said Dec. 1 that the measure “fails to include […]

Pope talks about church division, women, abortion

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AMERICA MAGAZINE INTERVIEW By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In a wide-ranging interview with top staff of America magazine, Pope Francis decried increased polarization within the Catholic Church, affirmed the need to involve more women in church administration but ruled out women priests and emphasized the importance of the ministry of individual […]