There’s a beautiful little scene in the film about St. Damien of Molokai. The saint has volunteered to be the one priest to serve the lepers on the island colony of Molokai. Knowing that he is likely ...

KALAUPAPA, Hawaii (KITV4) – Father Damien, also known as Saint Damien of Molokai, is being remembered this Good Friday. Damien died of leprosy on April 15, 1889, at the age of 49 at Kalawao. Father ...

WHEN I first flew over Molokai, the old battleground of Father Damien, and heard the airline stewardess say, “The Hansen’s disease settlement,” as she pointed down to the peninsula of Kalaupapa, I ...

His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.

This year, the Roman Catholic Church gave its highest honor to a man named Father Damien of Molokai. He was canonized as a saint back in October by Pope Benedict XXII. Damien was a simple man whose ...

Sunday evening I attended a screening of a preliminary cut of the documentary "The Soul of Kalaupapa." The film examines the ecumenical legacy of the leper's colony on the Hawaiian island of Molokai.

I’m not sure what I was doing back in 1999, when the indie film Molokai was first released, but I don't remember hearing anything about it. Now, though, the inspiring story of Father Damien and the ...

The Vatican announced today that the Rev. Damien de Veuster, a 19th century Belgian priest who ministered to leprosy patients in Hawaii, will be declared a saint Oct. 11 at a Vatican ceremony presided ...

Eleven elderly leprosy patients from Hawaii will travel to the Vatican for the canonization ceremony of Fr. Damien de Veuster, the heroic priest who cared for leprosy patients in Hawaii and died of ...

Fr. Damien dedicated his life to the native Hawaiians he found suffering in exile on Molokai. When he arrived, there were very few structures in the area. Many people slept on mats, covered by only a ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) drew criticism on Friday after she claimed a Hawaii statue of Catholic Saint Father Damien of Molokai represents “white supremacist culture.” “Even when we select ...

Editor’s note: Last week, Tales of Capitol Art featured the bust of Vice President James Sherman, one of two sculptures in the Capitol that has eyeglasses. Today The Hill highlights the second Capitol ...