CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A date for the canonization of Dr. José Gregorio Hernández, who died in 1919, has not been set. CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A man revered by millions as the “doctor ...

The reason for the visit was announced today: The Holy Father authorized the decrees designating five persons as servants of God and approved the canonization of Venezuelan Blessed José Gregorio ...

A woman holds a portrait of Venezuelan doctor Jose Gregorio Hernandez at La Candelaria Church in Caracas on Feb. 25, 2025. Pope Francis, hospitalized in "critical" condition, authorized the ...

Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez — known as the "doctor of the poor" — will soon become Venezuela's first saint. Pope Francis, the first South American pope, signed the decree for the canonization ...

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 date for the canonization of Dr. José Gregorio Hernández, who died in 1919, has not been set. The Vatican in a statement said Francis also decided to convene a formal meeting of cardinals to ...

A cyclist rides past a mural depicting Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, third from left, and other residents of La Pastora neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela, after Pope Francis approved the ...

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 ...

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.

Figurines depicting physician Jose Gregorio Hernandez are displayed for sale ... A date for the canonization of Dr. José Gregorio Hernández, who died in 1919, has not been set.

Hernández, born on Oct. 26, 1864, in the western Venezuela town of Isnotu, never married and graduated as a doctor in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, in 1888.