“For us, it’s like a miracle,” Msgr. Terrence Watanabe said about Maria Lanakila Catholic Church in the town of Lahaina being seemingly untouched by the fierce Maui wildfires.

The fate of Maria Lanakila Church was for several days the subject of rumor.

The family members pointed out that the "final Hawaiian choice for Damien in 1965 was very thorough, with the widest possible popular support."

According to Hawaii County Civil Defense, 36 structures, including 26 homes, already have been destroyed by lava from the newest outflow from Kilauea Volcano.

The law compels Hawaii's six pregnancy care centers to post or distribute information referring clients to state-provided prenatal services that would include contraception and abortion.

These are the opening words of the front-page editorial of The Catholic Herald published four days after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.