Religion

Maya Hara, executive director of the Lahaina Jodo Mission, spoke to The Conversationʻs Catherine Cruz about honoring those who lost their lives in the fires. She also shared the latest on plans to rebuild Lahaina Jodo Mission.

Tonata Lolesio, principal of Sacred Hearts School spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the wildfires and starting off this academic year in a temporary location in Kāʻanapali.

The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke to Jari Honora, a genealogist and historian with the Historic New Orleans Collection, about tracing Pope Leo's ancestry.

Keith Vieira with KV & Associates Hospitality Consultants shares his outlook on tourism; Genealogist Jari Honora talks about Pope Leo XIV's ancestry as Hawaiʻi marks nearly two centuries since the first arrival of a Catholic priest in the islands

The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke to Bishop Larry Silva, who presided over a special Mass in honor of Pope Leo XIV on Monday night in Kalihi.

The unexpected selection of Pope Leo XIV from the heartland of America will be celebrated tonight by Bishop Larry Silva, bishop of the Honolulu Diocese, in a Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus in Kalihi. Longtime journalist Mary Adamski worked for 50 years at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, and for the last decade there, she covered religion.

St. Damien's Catholic Feast Day is May 10, and his legacy in Kalaupapa is remembered by community members there.

The U.S. Department of Education on Monday sent letters to colleges that are under investigation for antisemitic harassment and discrimination.

A Pew Research Center report shows a stabilization in a previous steady decline of Americans identifying as Christians. The Conversation talked to UH religious studies professor Jonathan Pettit about what the report can and can’t tell us about how people identify their religious beliefs in Hawaiʻi.

It wasn't that long ago that Hawaiʻi filed suit over a Muslim travel ban instituted by President Donald Trump during his first administration. Former state Attorney General Douglas Chin led the fight challenging the ban.