

Henry Nalaielua, a Kalaupapa patient, author, painter, and musician, speaks in Kalaupapa, Hawaii in this Aug. 12, 2008 photo. The two dozen patients still living at Kalaupapa are eager to celebrate the expected canonization of Father Damien, a 19th century priest who ministered to leprosy patients here. But they don't want throngs of pilgrims disturbing the community's privacy and desecrating the land. (AP Photo/Hugh Gentry)