Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

19 Algerian martyrs to be beatified in Algeria Dec. 8

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The beatification of 19 martyrs of Algeria, including the seven Trappist monks of Tibhirine, will be celebrated Dec. 8 in Oran, Algeria, the country’s bishops announced. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, will preside over the Mass and beatification rite for the […]

Richard Doerflinger: Good, bad ideas on church reform

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A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY The ongoing discussion of clergy sex abuse has moved to proposals for church reform. The immediate need is for transparency and accountability. Charges against former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, and those who allegedly covered up his abuses and advanced him to an advisory role at the Vatican, must be investigated and […]

Father Eugene Hemrick: Imaging like never before

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THE HUMAN SIDE “It ruined me for life.” This utterance is that of a participant in lay volunteerism. Disturbing images of working with the poor in a foreign country were burned into his memory — images of the gap between rich and poor that drive him to continue to serve the poor back at home. […]

Effie Caldarola: Mollie Tibbetts and our church

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FOR THE JOURNEY Can you take any more bad news about the Catholic Church right now? I didn’t think so. The Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse and the cover-up by church officials, the disgrace of the former Cardinal McCarrick, the confusing letter by a disgruntled former papal nuncio to the U.S. in […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Sacraments for those with dementia?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: I bring holy Communion to a local nursing home. Of the 66 Catholics there, many of them have no visitors. Those with dementia are asked whether they would like to receive the Eucharist, and if they say yes, I give them the host. It saddens me that Jesus suffered to give us […]

FRANCIS IN IRELAND: Pope begins Mass in Dublin with plea for forgiveness

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service DUBLIN — Before celebrating Mass in a Dublin park, Pope Francis solemnly asked forgiveness for the thousands of cases of sexual and physical abuse perpetrated by Catholics in Ireland. “We ask forgiveness for the abuse in Ireland, abuse of power and of conscience, sexual abuse” by clergy and religious, […]

Sex abuse crisis: Carolyn Woo | You have let us down!

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OUR GLOBAL FAMILY The McCarrick breaches and the Pennsylvania grand jury report of criminal child sexual abuse by the church drew anger, disgust, sorrow, disappointment and sadness for the “collateral damage.” I think of the priests who made God’s love real for my husband David and me, bishops who stood up for peace and justice, […]

Sex abuse crisis: Laura Kelly Fanucci | When hard conversations have to happen

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FAITH AT HOME “I wish we didn’t have to talk about this.” What parent hasn’t thought or uttered these words, taking a deep breath before jumping into a hard conversation with their child? Whether a crisis at home, a conflict at school or an atrocity in the news, tough subjects are unavoidable in families. The […]

Is there truth in Archbishop Vigano’s accusations?

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Catholics in the pews and even priests in the Vatican are confused about the long document Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano published claiming Pope Francis turned a blind eye to information he had about the sexual misconduct of now-Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick. Pope Francis’ response to journalists […]