NY congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez really stepped in it when she attacked St. Damien of Molokai on Instagram. She claimed the statue honoring him in the U.S. Capitol is part of colonialism and “patriarchy and white supremacist culture.”
In reality, St. Damien was a “hero” priest who spent the last 16 years of his life caring for lepers in the Hawaiian Kingdom. He answered the call and served the needy, eventually contracting the disease himself and dying from it.
“Any Hawaiian here who is aware of their history–which most Hawaiians are–would absolutely, Catholic or not, defend the legacy of Damien as a man who was embraced by the people, and who is a hero to us because of his love for the Hawaiian people…We did not judge him by the color of his skin. We judged him by the love that he had for our people.”
Dallas Carter, native Hawaiian and a catechist for the diocese of Honolulu, in an interview with CNA.
Backlash has been abundant.
Please pray for AOC, for justice and for God’s will to be done!
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