Commentary In 2023, my best friend was pregnant with her sixth child. It was a cesarean scar pregnancy, which for doctors is quite obvious: “Of course you’ll terminate right? Your uterus may blow any minute and you’ll orphan five kids. Think about it.” Such news was a heavy cross for a devout Catholic family with […]
Reflection: A sacred journey to Mexico’s heartland
By Deacon Raul Perez Special to the Herald There is something uniquely powerful about pilgrimage — a journey outward that becomes a journey inward. For the 23 pilgrims who departed Honolulu on Nov. 6, bound for the sacred landscapes of Mexico, this truth revealed itself day after day. Each stop along the way became more […]
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Isles honor our indigenous mother
By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald In Mexico every year on Dec. 12, as the sun peeks over the horizon, fireworks burst through the sky to greet Our Lady of Guadalupe on her feast day. On this day dedicated to her, thousands of pilgrims travel to see the miraculous image she left behind on the […]
Because of pandemic, no pilgrims at basilica for Guadalupe feast this year
By David Agren Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY — Mexican church and civic officials have canceled public feast celebrations for Mexico’s patroness at her shrine in Mexico City due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The celebration normally attracts 10 million pilgrims to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the world’s most-visited Marian shrine. At a […]
Guadalupe: The face of a new evangelization
Veneration of Our Lady of Guadalupe shouldn’t be viewed as just a Mexican tradition By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe has been a religious and cultural hallmark for Mexican Catholics for centuries, but the custom received little attention from Anglo Catholics in the U.S. before the […]