Pope Leo XIV plans to canonize Venezuela's "doctor of the poor" on Sunday, giving the nation its first saint. José Gregorio Hernández, known for his dedication to the poor, will be canonized alongside Mother Carmen Rendiles Martínez, the founder of a Venezuelan religious order. Thousands of Venezuelans are expected at St. Peter’s Square for the Mass. Those in Caracas will watch a livestream. The ceremony will also canonize Papua New Guinea's Peter To Rot, a layman killed in prison in 1945 for standing up for monogamous marriage. In all, seven people will be canonized in a ceremony that Pope Francis put in motion in some of his final acts as pope.
