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Left: Born in the village of Isnotú, Hernández studied in Paris, Berlin, Madrid, and New York.
Right: A worker rebuilds an altar to Hernández in La Candelaria church in Caracas days before the beatification of the doctor.
Photograph via Alamy
Hernández is now the first Venezuelan layman to be beatified a milestone that comes 72 years after his sainthood petition was first launched. It’s a rare ray of light for the country, which has been in the midst of a political and economic crisis for years and has been hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
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