When, in 1873, an obscure young Belgian missionary priest named Father Damien begged the Catholic Prefect Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands to send him to a leper colony 50 miles away, the name of ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - 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 ...

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 ...

Damien Priest, popularly known by his real name Luis ... He learned Goju-ryu (Japanese Martial Arts) from his father and has won two national championships in Puerto Rico. Martinez started his ...

Miller’s dad was the actor Jason Miller, who played Father Damien Karras in “The Exorcist ... an actor portraying a priest in what looks to be a modern “Exorcist” remake while living ...