Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Pope among those mourning death of toddler Alfie Evans

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By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service LIVERPOOL, England — Pope Francis said he was mourning the death of English toddler Alfie Evans, who died four days after doctors withdrew his life support system. The 23-month-old boy died at about 2:30 a.m. April 28 after his father, Tom Evans, spent 10 minutes trying to revive him […]

Father Eugene Hemrick: More meekness please

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THE HUMAN SIDE Would we sleep better and be more convivial if a higher degree of meekness existed in society? I believe the answer is yes! To see how true this is let’s examine its essence. Meekness is usually envisioned as timidity, mildness and humbleness — the direct opposite of being forceful and dynamic. However, […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Did the pope say there is no hell?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Did Pope Francis just say that there is no hell? (Chesapeake, Virginia) A: No. Pope Francis did not say that there is no hell. That misinformation comes from a March 2018 article in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. The article — written by that newspaper’s co-founder and former editor, Eugenio Scalfari — […]

Fun, fresh book appeals to hipster Catholics with spiritual swagger

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By Regina Lordan Catholic News Service “The Catholic Hipster Handbook: Rediscovering Cool Saints, Forgotten Prayers and Other Weird but Sacred Stuff” by Tommy Tighe. Ave Maria Press (Notre Dame, Indiana, 2017). 206 pp., $15.95. Are you a Catholic hipster? Are you a bespectacled foodie, black skinny jeans and Chucks-wearing Catholic “sneaking a peek at your […]

Holy Land pilgrims get tattoos to remember their travels

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By Judith Sudilovsky Catholic News Service JERUSALEM — Three generations of the Razzouk family busily attended to Christian pilgrims and tourists packed into a tiny shop to get Christian tattoos to mark their pilgrimages to the Holy Land. The Razzouk family has been tattooing Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land for 500 years — and […]

St. Thomas Aquinas meets bluegrass

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A best-selling album by a group of Dominican ‘hillbillies’ demonstrates that holiness and happiness harmonize well Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Bluegrass music may not be the first thing that comes to mind when people think of Dominicans, but for the 10 Dominican brothers and priests at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington who […]

Richard Doerflinger: Planned Parenthood’s abortion fixation

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A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY Cecile Richards, who plans to retire this year as president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, has authored a self-congratulatory memoir called “Make Trouble.” During her decade-long leadership, trouble is certainly something the organization has created. While it serves fewer clients than in 2005, its share of the nation’s abortions […]

Father Geoffrey A. Brooke Jr.: Three steps to joy

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“Evangelii Gaudium,” “Amoris Laetitia” and, now, “Gaudete et Exsultate.” What do they have in common? They were written by Pope Francis? Yes. They are apostolic exhortations? Yes. More important? Joy. Joy is not only the thing that these three challenging texts of Pope Francis have in common, but joy is also the way one should […]

Pope Francis’ exhortation: Holiness is being loving, not boring

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Holiness Is being loving, not boring Pope Francis’ new exhortation on sanctity: ‘Gaudete et Exsultate’ (‘Rejoice and Be Glad’) By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — God calls all Christians to be saints — not plastic statues of saints, but real people who make time for prayer and who show loving care for […]