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Venezuelans wait for canonization of folk saint José Gregório
A Vatican announcement on Feb. 25 that Blessed José Gregório Hernández will be canonized was received in South America – ...
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VOA Spanish: 'Doctor of the Poor' will be first Venezuelan saint
A man poses for a picture near a mural of Venezuelan Jose Gregorio Hernandez, known as the "Doctor of the Poor," after Pope Francis approved his canonization, making the doctor the nation's first ...
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Pope signs decree making José Gregorio Hernández, 'doctor of the poor,' Venezuela's first saint
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 ...
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‘Doctor of the poor’ becomes Venezuela’s first saint
Jose Gregorio Hernandez was born in 1864, studied in Paris, Berlin, Madrid and New York, and died in Caracas in 1919 after being struck by a car. He was beatified—an earlier step towards sainthood—in ...
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Pope signs decree making José Gregorio Hernández, ‘doctor of the poor,’ Venezuela’s first saint
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 ...