St. Damien of Molokai was a religious priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary who spent the last 16 years of his life caring for lepers in the Hawaiian Kingdom.

A sculpture of St. Damien of Molokai is seen at the U.S. Capitol in Washington in this 2017 file photo. (Credit: Tyler Orsburn/CNS.) Listen HONOLULU — Upset by the suggestion raised by Rep ...

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday afternoon decried a statue of the Catholic St. Father Damien of Molokai as an artifact of "patriarchy and white supremacist culture.""Even when ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., NY) has some thoughts about St. Damien of Molokai, the 19th-century Belgian missionary priest who ministered to a leper colony in the Aloha State. In an ...

HAWAII SPECIAL SECTION Despite Molokai's setbacks, unspoiled island a haven for history of canonized Father Damien By Jeanne Cooper , Special to The Chronicle Sep 12, 2010 St. Joseph statue ...

A 7-foot statue of St. Damien has been unveiled at the Honolulu school named after the Belgian priest who cared for leprosy patients exiled to a remote Molokai peninsula.

The statue of St. Damien chosen for the Capitol was sculpted by a woman of color, Marisol Escobar, an immigrant who lived in New York and was renowned as a cutting-edge pioneer feminist sculptor.

HILO » A Hawaii island sculptor is creating a life-size statue of St. Damien for the Sacred Heart Church in Pahoa in the district where the venerated priest first worked after being ordained in 1864.

HILO, Hawaii-A sculptor on the island of Hawaii is creating a life-size statue of St. Damien for the Sacred Heart Church in Pahoa, located in the district where the venerated Roman Catholic priest ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) came under fire on Friday after she claimed a Hawaii statue of Catholic Saint Father Damien of Molokai represents "white supremacist culture." ...

A sculpture of St. Damien of Molokai is seen at the U.S. Capitol in Washington in this 2017 file photo. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn) ...