VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will finally canonize Venezuela's beloved “doctor of the poor” Sunday, offering the Caribbean nation its first saint and a reason to celebrate amid its years-long economic crisis and new tensions with the United States.

José Gregorio Hernández , revered by millions for his dedication to poor people, will be canonized alongside Mother Carmen Rendiles Martínez, the founder of a Venezuelan religious order, at a Mass in St. Peter's Square.

Thousands of Venezuelans are expected to attend, and thousands more who couldn't travel to Rome will mark the occasion in Caracas, where the Vatican service will be livestreamed early Sunday morning at a downtown plaza.

The Mass will also give Papua New Guinea its first saint: Peter To Rot, a layman killed in prison in

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