Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Vatican declares first step toward sainthood for Filipino boy, 17

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By Catholic News Service MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino teenager who died could be on his way to sainthood after the Vatican declared him a Servant of God, the first step in the process toward sainthood. The Congregation for Saints’ Causes gave the Diocese of Cubao, Philippines, the green light to look into the life […]

Duterte’s drug war called ‘illegal, immoral and anti-poor’

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By Paul Jeffrey Catholic News Service KALOOKAN, Philippines — A Catholic bishop in the Philippines said his government’s controversial war on drugs is really a war against the country’s poor. “There is no war against illegal drugs, because the supply is not being stopped. If they are really after illegal drugs, they would go after […]

Manigong Bagong Taon (‘Happy New Year’ in Tagalog)

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Dominican Sisters of the Philippines, former missionaries to Hawaii, send their greetings By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Perhaps you were taught by one of them in school, or catechized by another, or received help in hard times from another through a parish social ministry program. The Dominican Sisters of the Most […]

U.S. returns church bells to Philippines after more than 100 years

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By Catholic News Service MANILA, Philippines — After more than a century, the United States government has returned three church bells swiped by American forces as war booty from the central Philippine town of Balangiga. Ucanews.com reported that, after years of repeated demands for their return, the bells were brought home aboard a U.S. military […]

Photo: Advocate for a potential saint

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Archbishop emeritus of Ernesto A. Salgado of Nueva Segovia, Philippines, preaches at a Mass in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu Sept. 8. He was there to promote the sainthood cause for Bishop Alfredo F. Verzosa, the first Catholic bishop from the country’s northern Ilocos region where many of Hawaii’s Philippine immigrants have roots. […]

Archbishop coming to promote the canonization of Ilocano bishop

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A Philippines bishop will be in Hawaii next month to celebrate a Mass to promote the cause of sainthood for Bishop Alfredo F. Verzosa, the first Catholic bishop to hail from the country’s northern Ilocos region where many of Hawaii’s Philippine immigrants have roots. Archbishop emeritus of Ernesto A. […]

Cardinal Tagle laments deaths of innocent people in Philippines

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  By Catholic News Service MANILA, Philippines — A teary-eyed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila lamented the deaths of innocent people killed since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office. Addressing 8,000 participants July 22 during the last day of the Fifth Philippine Conference on New Evangelization, Cardinal Tagle asked if people were happy with […]

Cardinal urges bell tolling to call attention to murders

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By Catholic News Service MANILA, Philippines — Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle called for church bells in the archdiocese to toll at 8 p.m. each day to protest the continuing spate of killings in the country. He said the tolling of the bells will “haunt the perpetrators of violence and killing to remember their victims, never […]

Mindanao priests in Hawaii closely following terrorist crisis back home

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By Gabriella Munoz Hawaii Catholic Herald Civilians in southern Philippine island of Mindanao find themselves caught between extremist Islamic militants and their own government in an armed conflict that has been going on for more than a month. Two priests from that area who are serving in Hawaii have expressed worry and concern for the […]