Patrick Downes

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‘Miraculous’ survival of Maui Catholic church seen as sign of hope amid wildfire destruction

August 16, 2023
By Patrick Downes
OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

“For us, it’s like a miracle,” Msgr. Terrence Watanabe, the Honolulu Diocese’s vicar of Maui and Lanai, said about Maria Lanakila Catholic Church in the town of Lahaina being seemingly untouched by the fierce Maui wildfires Aug. 8-9.

Hawaii Mass is send-off for remains of war-hero priest to return to Kansas

September 26, 2021
By Patrick Downes
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News

Hawaii bid aloha to Father Emil J. Kapaun, a U.S. Army Korean War chaplain and candidate for sainthood Sept. 23.

St. Damien’s relatives speak up against criticism of saint’s statue in U.S. Capitol

September 9, 2020
By Patrick Downes
Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, U.S. Congress, Uncategorized, World News

Upset by the suggestion raised by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, that St. Damien was a white supremacist colonizer, two of the saint’s Belgian relatives, representing his extended family, wrote her an open letter Aug. 20.

‘Miraculous’ survival of Maui Catholic church seen as sign of hope amid wildfire destruction

Hawaii Mass is send-off for remains of war-hero priest to return to Kansas

St. Damien’s relatives speak up against criticism of saint’s statue in U.S. Capitol

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