Maduro Tilda of «Historical Gesture» the canonization of the Venezuelan José Gregorio Hernández: «Venezuela all thanks to Pope Francis»

Nicolás Maduro thanked Pope Francis on Tuesday for approving the canonization of Venezuelan blessed José Gregorio Hernández (1864-1919), something that he considered a «historical gesture» of the Pontiff.

«Venezuela all thanks to Pope Francis for his historic gesture of canonizing the ‘doctor of the poor’, our saint, Dr. José Gregorio Hernández,» Maduro said in his Telegram channel.

He also said that canonization is a gift for Venezuela, as well as, «he added,» an act of justice with a man who in life was the most humble protector. «

«He has always done the miracle of health and life for those who have needed the most,» said the Chavista leader about Hernández, who is attributed to various medical miracles.

Maduro valued that Pope Francis had the «gesture» of canonizing Hernández while he is admitted to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome due to bilateral pneumonia, so he said that everyone pray for their health, well -being and recovery.

Hernández’s beatification, on April 30, 2021, occurred after Francisco recognized the miracle granted to the Yaxury Solórzano Ortega girl, who was shot in the head during an assault while he met his father and who the doctors that doctors that doctors that doctors that doctors that doctors that doctors that doctors that doctors that doctors that doctors that doctors They attended it had evicted.

The event occurred in March 2017, when the little girl was 10 years old. After the doctors who attended her told her parents that the girl was going to die, her mother prayed to José Gregorio for healing, which is why, according to the version of her relatives, backed by the Pope, she was saved.

Hernández will be the first saint of Venezuela, which is a «reason for great joy» for the country, according to the auxiliary bishop of Caracas, Monsignor Carlos Márquez, who considers Blessed the «incarnation of Venezuelan.»