(27 Feb 2025)
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Caracas, Venezuela – 26 February 2025
1. Members if the church exiting church while carrying statue of Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, who was approved by Pope Francis to become Saint ++ MUTE ++
2. Statue of Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernández
2. Various of devotees following procession
3. Various of Mireya Rivero walking while holding small figure of Jose Gregorio Hernandez
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mireya Rivero, devotee:
"After God, Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, because he has done so many favors to us, many presents, that’s why I have him here with me."
++ NIGHT SHOTS ++
5. People looking down to procession from a restaurant
6. Various of devotee Bella Sanchez following procession. UPSOUND (Spanish) "Venezuela! Long live the Pope!"
7. SOUNDBITE (spanish) Bella Sánchez, devotee:
"I believe he (The Pope) asked Dr. José Gregorio Hernández to cure him. And I’m very happy. I wish the pope would come to Venezuela."
8. Various of devotess following procession with candles
9. Woman dancing and singing
10. Procession
STORYLINE:
Venezuela will have a Saint for the first time and devotees all over the country are in a frenzy of happiness.
Dr José Gregorio Hernandez, 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.
Since then crowded masses and a procession have been held to celebrate the news.
On Wednesday night, hundreds of devotees followed a statue of the soon-to-be Saint through downtown Caracas.
"After God, Dr Jose GRegorio Hernandez, because he has done so many favors to us, many presents, that’s why I have him here with me", said 80 year-old devotee Mireya Rivero while holding a small figure of Jose Gregorio.
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 set the dates for future canonizations, but it was not immediately scheduled.
Hernández was beatified in April 2021 after the church certified a miracle in the case of a girl who completely recovered after being shot in the head in 2017.
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. He was convinced that science was one of the main ways to get the South American country out of misery and went on to establish two research institutions as well as teach several classes at the Central University of Venezuela, the nation’s oldest and largest.
AP Video by Juan Arraez
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