As Venezuelans await the upcoming canonization of the South American country’s first saints — Blessed José Gregório Hernández and Blessed María Carmen Elena Rendiles Martínez — both the church and …
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Vatican decree on 19th-century doctor’s canonization leaves Venezuelans rejoicing
by Manuel Ruedaby Manuel RuedaVenezuelan Catholics celebrate announcement Blessed José Gregorio Hernández, a 19th-century physician known as “the doctor of the poor,” will be canonized.
