Figurines depicting physician Jose Gregorio Hernandez are displayed for sale at a church in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, after Pope Francis approved the canonization of the ...

A Vatican announcement on Feb. 25 that Blessed José Gregório Hernández will be canonized was received in South America – especially in his home country Venezuela – with unprecedented joy.

A man revered by millions as the “doctor of the poor” will be the first saint from Venezuela after Pope Francis approved a decree Tuesday. A date for the canonization of Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, ...

Devotees of folklore spiritual deity Maria Lionza visit the memorial dedicated to Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, on the street where he died when hit by a car in 1919, in La Pastora neighborhood of ...

Pope signs decree making José Gregorio Hernández, ‘doctor of the poor,’ Venezuela’s first saint The Associated Press February 27, 2025, 1:07 AM ...

A man revered by millions as the “doctor of the poor” will be the first saint from Venezuela after Pope Francis approved a decree Tuesday. A date for the canonization of Dr. José Gregorio ...

News An altar dedicated to Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez is adorned with flowers and statues in his likeness, at the Vargas Public Hospital in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP/Rodrigo Abd, File) ...

Devotees of folklore spiritual deity Maria Lionza visit the memorial dedicated to Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, on the street where he died when hit by a car in 1919, in La Pastora neighborhood of ...