CARACAS — A Venezuelan doctor known for treating the poor during the
Spanish flu pandemic a century ago has been beatified, moving a step
closer to sainthood, Venezuelan Cardinal Baltazar Porras said on Friday.
The announcement sparked celebrations outside the La Candelaria church
in central Caracas, which holds the remains of Jose Gregorio Hernandez.
They came despite Porras' call for the faithful to celebrate the news at
home in the predominantly Roman Catholic country, to help avoid
spreading the novel coronavirus.
Hernandez, born in the Andean state of Trujillo in 1864, was known as
the "doctor of the poor" for his care of the needy in Caracas during the Spanish flu pandemic just over a century ago. He died in 1919 after
being struck by a car.
In 2017, the Catholic church attributed a miracle to Hernandez for
saving the life of a young girl, Yaxury Solorzano, who was shot in the
head during a robbery attempt.
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/06/19/world/americas/19reuters-venezuela-church.html
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