Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Pope goes back to school, meets students, community in Harlem

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Pope Francis arrives at Our Lady Queen of Angels School in the East Harlem area of New York, Sept. 25. (CNS photo/Eric Thayer, pool)   NEW YORK — Pope Francis encouraged an audience of Catholic school students and immigrants to live with joy and dare to dream. He also highlighted the immigrant experience — in […]

Pope’s ground zero visit was somber moment for 9/11 survivors, relatives

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Pope Francis meets family members of victims of the 9/11 terror attacks as he visits the ground zero memorial in New York Sept. 25. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)   NEW YORK — Pope Francis’ Sept. 25 visit to ground zero was unlike any of his other stops in New York or Washington. It was somber, quiet […]

Pope Francis in Cuba: ‘We do not serve ideas, we serve people’

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People cheer as Pope Francis arrives for Mass in Revolution Square in Holguin, Cuba, Sept. 21. (CNS photo/Edgard Garrido, Reuters)   HAVANA — As Cubans finally face the prospects of calmer relationships and greater ease of communication and commerce with the United States, Pope Francis told the Cuban people that love and service, not anyone’s […]

Third-class relics of St. Marianne being distributed on prayer cards

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Sisters of St. Francis, forensic anthropologist Vincent Sava, and others prepare to touch bags containing the remains to St. Marianne to white cloth. (Photo courtesy of Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP)   Five hands slowly swept small gossamer bags containing remains of St. Marianne Cope across every inch of several yards of white cloth being […]

Pope makes annulments quicker, cheaper, more pastoral

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Byzantine Bishop Dimitrios Salachas of Greece, second from left, speaks at a a press conference for the release of Pope Francis’ documents concerning changes to marriage annulments at the Vatican Sept. 8. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)   VATICAN CITY — While a juridical process is necessary for making accurate judgments, the Catholic Church’s marriage annulment process […]

Sister Cheryl Wint, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: The spirituality of turning it off

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As an extrovert, I am constantly on the go. It is really hard to stop the brain from thinking, the limbs from moving, everything from just going, and to simply be. And yet, when I do take time to turn off and tune out, emptying myself of any accountability to anyone or unnecessary talk, I […]

Stephen Colbert discusses faith, joy and humor

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Stephen Colbert, who took over Sept. 8 as host of CBS’ “Late Night” program, said in an interview for Canada’s Salt and Light Television that his “Colbert Report” character was intended to be a “well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot.” Colbert is pictured in a 2013 photo. (CNS photo/Lucy Nicholson, Reuters)   WASHINGTON — Stephen Colbert, […]

Pope extends possibilities for absolution in Year of Mercy

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Pope Francis, seen praying during his weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Aug. 26, has issued a letter offering a series of instances in which absolution can be granted during the Year of Mercy. (CNS photo/Ettore Ferrari, EPA)   VATICAN CITY — In an extraordinary gesture for the Year of Mercy, Pope […]

The Francis challenge: The Holy Father will call on the U.S. Congress, U.N. General Assembly to live up to their ideals

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Pope Francis waves as he arrives to attend an audience with some 9,000 altar servers in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Aug. 4. (CNS photo/Giampiero Sposito, Reuters)   VATICAN CITY — Along with having a winning smile and a warm embrace, Pope Francis is known for challenging people. He does it regularly at morning […]