People from Molokai, Hawaii, stand around a statue depicting Father Damien in the garden of his birthplace in Tremelo, Belgium, Sunday Oct. 4, 2008. A mass attended by Belgian royals and government as well as the bishop of Honolulu among others, celebrated a 19th century local hero Sunday, who cared for leprosy sufferers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai until the disease took his life in 1889, and will become a saint for his work. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

People from Molokai, Hawaii, stand around a statue depicting Father Damien in the garden of his birthplace in Tremelo, Belgium, Sunday Oct. 4, 2008. A mass attended by Belgian royals and government as well as the bishop of Honolulu among others, celebrated a 19th century local hero Sunday, who cared for leprosy sufferers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai until the disease took his life in 1889, and will become a saint for his work.