MOLOKAI (KHNL) -- His life and efforts on Molokai have inspired people from around the world. Now the name and works of Father Damien are helping to build a special church on the friendly isle. Many ...

HONOLULU (KHNL) - Hawaii will soon have its first Catholic saint, Father Damien. Pope Benedict XVI announced plans for the ceremony to take place in October at the Vatican. It's the end of the ...

This video introduces eight of the “St. Damien Scouts” — nine Hawaiian Catholic Boy Scouts who will travel to Rome for the Oct. 11 canonization of Father Damien de Veuster. Father Damien is famed for ...

FATHER DAMIEN REMEMBERED. Father Damien de Veuster, who ministered to lepers on this remote peninsula, was remembered Saturday by hundreds still moved by his compassion for society’s outcasts. Some ...

In a state known for bustling, exciting tourist destinations such as Waikiki and the Kilauea volcano, Kalaupapa is sacred ground with a history of disease, suffering and isolation. About 8,000 people ...

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 ...

Pope Benedict XVI canonized five new saints Sunday, including a 19th century priest whose work with leprosy patients on a Hawaiian island has been hailed by U.S. President Barack Obama as inspiring ...

The head of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, met with Pope Benedict today to present him with 14 causes for canonization in their various stages. Among ...

In less than two weeks, Pope Benedict will canonize five blesseds, including Fr. Damien de Veuster, a well-known Belgian missionary priest who cared for lepers in Hawaii. The canonization ceremony ...

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 ...

Fr. Damian Schmelz was an inspiring conservationist. Our introduction was an interview for an Outdoor Indiana article I wrote while working for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources back in 2009 ...