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Guided by his faith, Father Damien chose to live among the lepers on the island of Molokai as their priest, assisting them practically and spiritually and, while doing so, contracted leprosy himself. In 2009 he was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI,
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Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
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