CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A date for the canonization of Dr. José Gregorio Hernández, who died in 1919, has not been set.

The sainthood cause of Venezuelan Dr. José Gregorio Hernández has been approved by Pope Francis.

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, ...

A woman kneels at the shrine dedicated to Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, at a church in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, after Pope Francis approved the canonization of the physician ...

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.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

FILE - The remains of Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, popularly known as the "doctor of the poor", are displayed in an urn backdropped by his portrait, inside the La Candelaria Catholic church, in ...

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 ...

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 ...