Father Damien was the famous pastor who visited Molokai when it was a leper colony.
Recent news has come that Father Damien is set to be canonized by the Catholic Church in October of this year.
Instead of a documentary, we watched a rendition based on the true story. Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
"He went there (to Hawaii) knowing that he could never return," The Rev. Alfred Bell, who spearheaded Damien's canonization cause, told Vatican Radio. "He suffered a lot, but he stayed."
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