15+ hour, 54+ min ago  (494+ words) HONOLULU " Catholic leaders, educators, clergy and community members gathered at Sacred Hearts Academy on Wednesday, June 17, to launch a statewide celebration commemorating 200 years since the arrival of the Catholic faith in Hawaii and announce a major campaign to preserve and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (328+ words) COURTESY DIOCESE OF HONOLULU Michael Thomas Tupou Castori Pope Leo XIV has appointed the Rev. Michael Thomas Tupou Castori as the sixth Bishop of Honolulu, it was announced Wednesday at noon in Rome. Castori was introduced during a news conference…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (207+ words) Pope Leo XIV delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (To the city and the world) message from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, on Easter Sunday, at the Vatican. "Let those who have weapons lay them down!" the first U. S. pope…...