Hawaii Sens. Daniel Inouye, D-Hi. , second left, and Daniel Akaka, D-Hi. , front second right, joined by Catholic Bishop Clarence "Larry" Silva of Honolulu, center, and some Hawaiians, host a lei-draping ceremony honoring Saint Damien de Veuster in front of a statue of the saint on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Damien, a 19th century Belgium priest and Hawaii's first saint, built homes for Kalaupapa's leprosy patients and bandaged their wounds at a time when the disfiguring disease still carried a powerful social stigma. He was diagnosed with the disease 12 years after he arrived in Kalaupapa and died four years later in 1889. AP Photo logo AP Photo 27 months ago

Hawaii Sens. Daniel Inouye, D-Hi. , second left, and Daniel Akaka, D-Hi. , front second right, joined by Catholic Bishop Clarence "Larry" Silva of Honolulu, center, and some Hawaiians, host a lei-draping ceremony honoring Saint Damien de Veuster in front of a statue of the saint on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Damien, a 19th century Belgium priest and Hawaii's first saint, built homes for Kalaupapa's leprosy patients and bandaged their wounds at a time when the disfiguring disease still carried a powerful social stigma. He was diagnosed with the disease 12 years after he arrived in Kalaupapa and died four years later in 1889.

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