Por Ángela Reyes Haczek, CNN en Español Venezuela celebra a quien se convertirá en su primer santo: el beato José Gregorio Hernández, conocido como el “médico de los pobres”, a quien el papa Francisco
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 Hernández, who died in 1919,
A mural dedicated to Dr. José Gregorio Hernández blankets a building in the La Pastora neighborhood where he once practiced medicine, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. Pope Francis
A man looks up at a statue of José Gregorio Hernandez in Valencia, Venezuela, honoring the physician known as "the Doctor of the Poor" who was canonized by Pope Francis