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