VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV canonized Venezuela's beloved “doctor of the poor” Sunday before an estimated 55,000 people, offering the South American nation its first saint and a reason to celebrate amid its yearslong economic crisis and new tensions with the United States.

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

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