Father Damien de Veuster was a Belgian priest who subjected himself to leprosy to minister to the lepers’ colony on the island of Molokai, Hawaii. He lived from 1840-89. (Courtesy Photo) Jozef ...

The restored birthplace of St. Damien De Veuster in Tremelo, Belgium, opens its doors with a new permanent exhibition celebrating the life of the ‘Apostle to the Lepers.’ ...

What’s known as Saint Damien’s Feast Day marks the anniversary of his arrival at Kalawao on Molokai. ”When he got to Kalawao in 1873, what he noticed was that some of his parishioners whom ...

On May 10, the Catholic Church honors Father Damien, the Belgian priest who was elevated to sainthood for his work with Hansen’s disease patients in the leper colony at Kalaupapa.