Bishop Larry Silva in his office June 23 in front of prints of St. Damien and St. Marianne. He said the canonizations of these two saints were high points in his episcopacy. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) The Hawaii Catholic Herald spoke to Bishop Larry Silva on June 23 in his office at […]
By the numbers: statistics from Bishop Silva’s 10 years
Ordination of Father Anthony Rapozo 10: Priests ordained Father Johnathan Hurrell, SSCC Father Paul Li Father Peter Miti Father Cletus Mooya Father Marvin Bearis Father Jon Cabico Father Anthony Rapozo Father Ajit Baliar Singh, SSCC Father Edwin Conselva, MS Father Nicholas Brown 30: Permanent deacons ordained 16: Priests incardinated Father Sebastian Chacko Father Raymund Ellorin […]
Pope urges international activists to stand up to an ‘idolatrous’ financial system that ‘excludes, debases, kills’
Pope Francis greets a young girl at the second World Meeting of Popular Movements in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, July 9. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia — Meeting with an international gathering of grassroots activists, Pope Francis not only encouraged, but tried to add fuel to their fire for “standing up to an idolatrous […]
Pope’s itinerary imperatives: the poor, the prisoner, the sick, the excluded
Pope Francis arrives to meet people at a house in Banado Norte, a poor neighborhood in Asuncion, Paraguay, July 12. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) ASUNCION, Paraguay — With almost every step Pope Francis takes on his foreign trips and with his every embrace, he pleads for dialogue and inclusion. His denunciations of a “throwaway culture” […]
Sister Margaret Timothy Sato, Daughters of St. Paul: Finding strength through the ‘visit’
If we look around, almost everyone in the world has a phone in their hands, watches television, and listens to music or the radio. As the culture of communication permeates life, more so is there a need for an apostolate where we can reach people in and through the media. I firmly believe that I […]
Mary Adamski: When a loss for words is preferable
Being at a loss for words is not a trait prevalent in my family. We are storytellers and we love to give advice. People in power positions don’t know how lucky — or is it unfortunate? — they are that they’re not on our speed dial for input on remedies for the state of the […]
Supreme Court rules same-sex marriage is legal nationwide
Supporters of traditional marriage between a man and a woman rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington June 26, shortly before the justices handed down a 5-4 ruling that states must license same-sex marriages. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters) WASHINGTON — In a landmark ruling, a divided Supreme Court June 26 said […]
Pope Francis’ Year of Consecrated Life is reaching every parish, mission and school in Hawaii
Miriam Ocampo, top, checks out the Year of Consecrated Life traveling exhibit after the 7 a.m. Mass at Immaculate Conception Church in Ewa, June 21. Miram’s husband Jonathan is presently a candidate in the diocese’s deacon formation program. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) “Who are the consecrated people? You, them and myself.” Sister […]
All the earth sings God’s praise, but human activity is silencing it, pope says in his first encyclical
Pope Francis is shown praying at an Austro-Hungarian cemetery for fallen soldiers of World War I in Fogliano di Redipuglia, northern Italy, Sept. 13, 2014. (CNS photo) VATICAN CITY — The earth, which was created to support life and give praise to God, is crying out with pain because human activity is destroying it, […]
What you can do: the pope’s practical tips for helping the environment
St. Anthony School, Kailua, students sift sand at Kailua Beach to remove plastic particles. (HCH Parish and School News file photo) VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home” is a call for global action as well as an appeal for deep inner conversion. He points to numerous […]
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