TODAY the Church honours St Damien of Molokai, a selfless priest who served those with Hansen’s disease or leprosy in Hawaii. The Belgian priest sacrificed his life and health to become a spiritual ...

The island of Molokai, where the Ball Method successfully treated leprosy sufferers. Albert Pierce Taylor ...

Kingdom of Hawaii, 1866. Fearful that leprosy would spread throughout the archipelago, the king banishes the sick to the island of Molokai. In 1873, the Belgian Catholic missionary Damien de ...