Blessed Damien de Veuster is pictured in bed shortly before he died in 1889 at the Kalawao settlement on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. The Belgian-born missionary priest contracted Hansen’s disease, or leprosy, during his 16-year service to an isolated community of people who had the disease. The Vatican was to issue final approval for his canonization Feb. 21. (CNS photo) (Feb. 20, 2009) See KALAUPAPA Feb. 20, 2009.