Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Help the poor and the planet

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Pope Francis urges 1,000 young adult economists, entrepreneurs, financial advisers, students, scholars and scientists from 120 countries to fight inequality and injustice By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ROME — Acknowledging how young people have been given a world marked by inequality, injustice, war and environmental degradation, Pope Francis urged those looking for solutions to […]

Francis in Kazakhstan

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Pope says religions must be purified of extremism By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan — As war, violence and extremism in countries around the world threaten the lives of countless men, women and children, religions must rise above differences and be examples of peace and harmony, Pope Francis said. “It is time […]

British Catholics, pope pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth

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By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service MANCHESTER, England — Catholics in the U.K. paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II following her death Sept. 8 and the end of a reign that lasted more than 70 years. Pope Francis sent a telegram addressed “To His Majesty the King, Charles III,” her son who immediately ascended to […]

‘The smiling pope’ showed God’s goodness, Francis says

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Beatifying Blessed John Paul I, Pope Francis praised the late pope for showing the world God’s goodness and for living the Gospel without compromise. “Our new blessed lived that way: in the joy of the Gospel, without compromises, loving to the very end,” the pope said. […]

Francis in Canada: Trip shows tenacity of Canada’s Indigenous and pope

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service IQALUIT, Nunavut — At the end of his six-day visit to Canada, Pope Francis, sitting in a wheelchair, said goodbye to Chief Wilton Littlechild, also sitting in a wheelchair. Littlechild, a 78-year-old lawyer, survivor of abuse in a residential school and former grand chief of the Confederacy of Treaty […]

Interview: Pope condemns abortion, says he’s not resigning

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In a wide-ranging interview with the Reuters news agency, Pope Francis condemned abortion, dismissed the idea that he’s preparing to resign and said he still hopes to be able to visit Russia and Ukraine in the fall. Pope Francis also told Philip Pullella, the Reuters’ Vatican […]

Pope’s Canada trip: Beginning and ending with ‘sorry’

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said all the speeches he has prepared for his trip to Canada “begin and end” with asking forgiveness. In an early July interview, he acknowledged the “cruel way” the Catholic Church collaborated with the Canadian government in “colonization” by uprooting Indigenous children from their […]

Catholics need better understanding of the Mass, pope says

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The “sense of mystery” and awe Catholics should experience at Mass is not one prompted by Latin or by “creative” elements added to the celebration, but by an awareness of sacrifice of Christ and his real presence in the Eucharist, Pope Francis said. “Beauty, just like […]

Francis apologizes for postponing July trip to Africa

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis apologized to the people of Congo and South Sudan for postponing his planned trip to their countries July 2-7. “Dear friends, with great regret, due to problems with my leg, I have had to postpone my visit to your countries,” the pope said June […]

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