1986: Pope John Paul II declared Dr. José Gregorio Hernández venerable

On January 16, 1986, he was declared venerable by Pope John Paul II, Dr. José Gregorio Hernández, a Venezuelan doctor who stood out for his humanity and his dedicated work to provide care for the poorest, an action that made him worthy of being adored by a people that, with deep faith, prays for the health of the most dispossessed.

The seal of the beatification of the venerable occurred in the state of Guárico and is Yaxury Solórzano, a girl of only 10 years old who received a bullet hit near the neck. “He was left in a very serious condition, almost to death. She was operated on by the same doctors with a very poor prognosis, having lost brain mass and several bones (...) However, after a few days, when they go to check, she is totally healthy, as if she had absolutely nothing,” said Monsignor Baltazar Porras.

After several processes carried out by the Bolivarian Government in conjunction with the Catholic Church, on April 30, 2021, the doctor of the poor was beatified.

Mazo News Team