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.

Zarrella recently completed his koa statue of St. Damien, which was blessed Sunday evening before at least 160 people at Zarrella’s studio on the north end of Charley Young Beach in Kihei.

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 ...

Devotees of two Catholic saints — Damien and Marianne of Molokai — want to see where they spent a pivotal part of their lives caring for Hawaii's leprosy patients.

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." ...