Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Learn from the past to bring peace to Middle East, pope says

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By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — As war continues to threaten the land of Jesus’ birth and to undermine the existence of Christian communities there, the international community must learn from the errors of the past and do more to bring lasting peace to the Middle East, Pope Francis said. “Do […]

Richard Doerflinger: The Supreme Court as battleground

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A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY In its June 26 decision on freedom of speech, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a California law that forced pro-life pregnancy aid centers to tell pregnant women how to get an abortion. This “forced speech” policy, making Americans facilitate what they recognize as the unjust taking of human life, was […]

Effie Caldarola: Making a difference

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FOR THE JOURNEY Many years ago, the Irish poet W.B. Yeats wrote, “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.” Some Americans feel those words are eerily prescient right now. Things are falling apart. The crisis created at our border bids us to take action, and political action is good. But no matter what our political […]

‘Sterile hypocrisy’ behind mistreatment of migrants, pope says

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By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Hearts that are closed to welcoming migrants and refugees are similar to those of the Pharisees, who often would preach sacrifice and following God’s law without exercising mercy to those in need, Pope Francis said. Jesus’ rebuke of the Pharisees’ “insidious murmuring” is “a finger […]

Catholics, Anglicans complete work on church authority, communion

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  By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission published its first document in 13 years on how both institutions can learn from each other in the exercise of ecclesial authority locally, regionally and globally. The document, “Walking Together on the Way: Learning to Be the Church — Local, […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Why no prayers for Trump-Kim summit?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: How do we change those Catholic Church leaders who have political bias and anger toward our president? Mr. Trump needed our prayers and support for his dialogue with North Korean President Kim Jong Un. But neither at the Sunday Mass I attended nor in our diocesan paper was there any mention of […]

As immigration woes rise, Congress grasps at solutions

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By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Bipartisan disagreement on how to fix the country’s immigration system led to failure once again as lawmakers on Capitol Hill turned down one immigration bill June 21 and postponed a vote on a second proposal, which also has a slim opportunity of passing. Each side blamed the […]

Pope equates aborting children with birth defects with Nazi eugenics

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By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis denounced the practice of administering prenatal tests to determine birth defects that often lead to abortions, comparing it to the Nazi-era eugenics program that determined what lives were worth keeping or eliminating. Children are God’s greatest gift and should be welcomed “as they […]