On Monday, President Delcy Rodríguez celebrated the first anniversary of the canonization of the first Venezuelan saints, José Gregorio Hernández and Carmen Rendiles.
Through her channel on Telegram, she described this date as marking «a year of faith and blessings for Venezuela,» assuring that these were «two lives dedicated to love, humility, and service to others.»
Rodríguez stated that the example set by both saints remains alive in the hearts of the Venezuelan people and that «their light illuminates the path of our nation.»
The canonization ceremony was officiated by Pope Leo XIV on October 19, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, before tens of thousands of the faithful who revere the Venezuelan saints José Gregorio Hernández and Carmen Rendiles.