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Venezuela s beloved Doctor of the Poor to be beatified
JORGE RUEDA, Associated Press
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1of14Venezuelan artist Miguel Garcia puts on the finishing touches on his mural of Venezuelan popular saint, Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 26, 2021. Known as the doctor of the poor, Hernandez is set to be beatified by the Catholic church, a step towards sainthood, on April 30th.Ariana Cubillos/APShow MoreShow Less
2of14Monsignor Tulio Ramirez puts on a cross before an interview about the beatification of the late Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, whose images are featured on the wall behind him in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Known as the doctor of the poor, Hernandez is set to be beatified by the Catholic church, a step towards sainthood, on April 30th.Matias Delacroix/APShow MoreShow Less
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2. Various of paintings by José Gregorio Hernandez at entrance of church
3. Various of Vice Postulator of the Cause of Beatification Jose Gregorio Hernandez Monsignor Tulio Ramirez (centre), General Coordinator of the National Commission for the Beatification of José Gregorio Hernández Albe Perez (left, in black top), VALE TV director (Venezuelan Catholic Church Television) María Eugenia Mosquera (right)
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Monsignor Tulio Ramirez, Vice Postulator of the Cause of Beatification of Jose Gregorio Hernandez: This celebration will be presided over by the Apostolic Nuncio of His Holiness, His Excellency, Aldo Giordano, who will replace the presence of the Secretary of State (Cardinal Pietro Parolin), who, as you know, due to the COVID-19 situation, will not be able to come to Venezuela.
A man considered by millions of Venezuelans to be the “doctor of the poor” is to be beatified, a step towards sainthood in the Catholic Church.
Jose Gregorio Hernandez will be beatified on Friday during a ceremony in Venezuela’s capital. The ceremony will be the culmination of 72 years of effort by Venezuela’s Catholics.
Mr Hernandez was a doctor, university professor and researcher before his death in 1919.
Initial plans called for a ceremony at a stadium, but the coronavirus pandemic has forced organisers to change venues, limit attendance to fewer than 300 people mostly priests and nuns and leave most Venezuelans to watch the event on television.
Jorge Rueda
Monsignor Tulio Ramirez puts on a cross before an interview about the beatification of the late Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, whose images are featured on the wall behind him in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Known as the doctor of the poor, Hernandez is set to be beatified by the Catholic church, a step towards sainthood, on April 30th. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) April 28, 2021 - 9:01 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela - With the austerity of a monk, a vocation to seek the good of others and a bright scientific mind, Jose Gregorio Hernández won the affection of those who called him âthe doctor of the poor.â He became a religious icon after his death in 1919, and since then millions of Venezuelans have fervently asked that he be universally worshipped.