HawaiiVOLUME 77, NUMBER 8 CatholicFRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2014 Herald$1 Easter Issue The Fourteenth Station of the Cross – “Jesus is laid in the tomb” – is depicted in a mosaic at the Benedictine Monastery in Waialua. HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz 2 HAWAII HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • APRIL 11, 2014 Bishop Larry Silva Hawaii 2014 EASTER MESSAGE Catholic cannot remember any period during my lifetime that has been more challenging for the Catholic Herald Church in our country. We try to be faithful to the teachings of Christ, and we are criticized for Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu Founded in 1936 I being too rigid. We insist that being a disciple of Jesus is a costly proposition, and not simply an Published every other Friday exercise in being nice. We repent of the terrible sin of clergy sex abuse and work harder than any PUBLISHER Bishop Larry Silva other institution to assure that such a horrible thing will never happen again, and the past is con- (808) 585-3356 tinually dug up and thrown in our faces making us liable for what may or may not have happened
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