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The Catholic saint who dedicated his life to a leprosy colony in Hawaii – and became an inspiration for HIV/AIDS care

  • Written by Mark Lambert, Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago Divinity School
The Catholic saint who dedicated his life to a leprosy colony in Hawaii – and became an inspiration for HIV/AIDS careThe headstone of Father Damien, a Catholic saint who was canonized in 2009.Richard A. Cooke III/Corbis Historical via Getty Images

On Jan. 3, 1865, the Kingdom of Hawaii, then a sovereign state, enacted “An Act to Prevent the Spread of Leprosy.” Any person suspected of having the ancient disease – which is mentioned as far back as...

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