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Meli Watanuki is one of Kalaupapa's 17 remaining patients. 8,000 people were sent there over more than 100 years, beginning in 1866. Watanuki, 78, moved to Kalaupapa in 1960. She is sitting in front of the Kalaupapa Store, where she works. RNS photo by Renee K. Gadoua / The Post-Standard

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Leprosy survivors look to Mother Marianne’s sainthood

Renee K. Gadoua | Oct 12, 2012

KALAUPAPA, Hawaii (RNS) With the Oct. 21 canonization of Mother Marianne Cope at the Vatican, the remaining patients at the Hawaiian leper colony where she worked want to ensure their stories are recorded and their home preserved. By Renee K. Gadoua.
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