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Bishop Larry Silva celebrates mass in honor of Saint Damien at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Peace fronting Saint Damien's relic, November 01, 2009 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hawaii feted the canonization of Saint Damien with a Mass and an interfaith celebration that underscored the 19th century priest's enduring popularity in the islands. The Hawaii commemorations came several weeks after the Vatican made Damien, born in Belgium as Joseph de Veuster in 1840, a saint in a ceremony presided over by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome. Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. (January 3, 1840 � April 15, 1889), born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious order. He won recognition for his ministry to people with leprosy. AFP PHOTO CORY LUM AFP PHOTO/Cory LUM (Photo credit should read Cory LUM/AFP via Getty Images)

Former Colony Draws Catholic Attention

What was once a settlement for those stricken with Leprosy in Hawaii is now a refuge for the remaining former patients.

A doctor analyses blood drawn from a child during a screening campaign against leprosy in village of Djougbosso, near Adzope, on January 25, 2023. - Listed by the WHO as one of the 20 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), leprosy is transmitted from a sick person to healthy person. The microbe multiplies very slowly, and the incubation period can last up to 5 years. The first symptoms show spots, then gradually eat away at desensitized limbs. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP) (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)

Cases Of Leprosy Spreading Throughout Central Florida, CDC Says

Cases of Leprosy have begun to spring up in central Florida, seemingly out of nowhere. A new analysis in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) journal says the disease could be endemic to the region.