“Cada 8 de septiembre, Venezuela celebra la aparición de María Santísima al nativo cacique indígena Coromoto, en Guanare, edo. Portuguesa, quedándose impresa su imagen en su mano en un pequeño pergamino, cuando el indígena intentó atajarla. De allí que esta advocación se conozca como Nuestra Señora de Coromoto, que sería posteriormente decretada y proclamada como Patrona de Venezuela el 11 de septiembre de 1942, y en la misma fecha, pero en el año 1952, coronada canónicamente por el Cardenal Manuel Arteaga Betancourt”.Texto Completo -> Vatican News

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Hundreds — including many Venezuelans living in the United States — came to this Fort Lauderdale suburb May 1 to greet the cardinal from Caracas, Venezuela, and to see relics of Blessed José Gregorio Hernández, known affectionately as the “doctor of the poor,” whom Pope Francis beatified in 2021. Cardinal Baltazar Porras of Mérida celebrated Sunday Mass for parishioners at St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church west of Fort Lauderdale. He brought with him the relics of Blessed José Gregorio that were placed for veneration at the front of the church. Full Text -> CNS

Traducción de cortesía -> Cientos, incluidos muchos venezolanos que viven en los Estados Unidos, llegaron a este suburbio de Fort Lauderdale el 1 de mayo para saludar al cardenal desde Caracas, Venezuela, y para ver las reliquias del Beato José Gregorio Hernández, conocido cariñosamente como el “médico de los pobres”, a quien El Papa Francisco fue beatificado en 2021. El Cardenal Baltazar Porras de Mérida celebró la Misa dominical para los feligreses en la Iglesia Católica St. Katharine Drexel al oeste de Fort Lauderdale. Trajo consigo las reliquias del Beato José Gregorio que fueron colocadas para su veneración al frente de la iglesia.

Traducción al español -> Google Translación

According to legend, the Virgin Mary appeared to the chief of the Coromoto Indians in the area of the city of Guanare in Venezuela. She appeared twice: once in 1651 in a river canyon and again in 1652 in the chief’s hut. Both times she urged him to be baptized in the Catholic Church. The second time she left behind an image of herself, which now is known as Our Lady (or the Virgin) of Coromoto.

Traducción de cortesía ->Según la leyenda, la Virgen María se apareció al jefe de los indios Coromoto en el área de la ciudad de Guanare en Venezuela. Apareció dos veces: una en 1651 en el cañón de un río y nuevamente en 1652 en la cabaña del jefe. En ambas ocasiones lo instó a que se bautizara en la Iglesia Católica. La segunda vez dejó una imagen de sí misma, que ahora se conoce como Nuestra Señora (o la Virgen) de Coromoto.

Executive Vice President of the Venezuelan System, Delsey Rodriguez asked this Tuesday, for priests who want to make politics take off their clothes‘, after the auxiliary bishop of Caracas, Ricardo Barretto, read a letter from the Vatican Secretary of State, Pietro Paroli and they demand the strengthening of dialogue in the country. By Vernon Shorts. Full Text -> TheDailyGuardian

The Pastoral Exhortation, entitled “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste”, (Mt 12:25), presents in detail the current reality of the country, which is going through a profound crisis denounced several times by the Bishops. Firstly, the Covid-19 pandemic, the crisis in health structures, the lack of a vaccination plan: “One cannot play with the sacred right to health”, they underline in the text, asking the government to provide hospitals with the necessary to assist the sick and to adopt “a real and serious vaccination policy for the entire population”. Full Text -> FIDES

The Bishops of Venezuela, gathered virtually, have asked for the launch of an immunization campaign against COVID-19 in the country, “with vaccines recognized by the international health authorities, WHO, PAHO, and not just an experimental vaccine”, as declared by Mgr. José Luis Azuaje, Archbishop of Maracaibo and president of the Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela (CEV), at the inauguration of the 116th Ordinary Plenary Assembly of the Episcopate. Full Text -> Agenzia Fides

Among topics of discussion are the second national pastoral assembly; the listening process of the Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean; the conclusions on the first and second Joint Virtual Meeting of Bishops and Priests; the Synod on Synodality to be held in Rome in 2022; and the restructuring of the Permanent Secretariat of the Venezuelan bishops.In addition, the bishops will address “the current situation in the country” regarding pastoral care for Venezuelan migrants, the pandemic, and vaccination. Full Text -> National CatholicRegister

The Venezuelan Catholic Church announced today its willingness to participate, as a “facilitator”, in the dialogue between the Government of President Nicolás Maduro and the opposition, to achieve “real solutions” to the political, economic and social crisis that affects Venezuela.

The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) has invited clergy representatives from different church districts to the II Joint Virtual Meeting of Bishops and Priests to be held on June 30, 2021 from 8:30 am. Until 1 p.m., “Parish Priest in Epidemics: His Pastoral Challenges”. As noted in the CEO’s note obtained by Fights, the theme will be approached with the aim of “strengthening the experience of the Holy Brotherhood” and responding to the various challenges that arise as leaders of the country’s churches. Today, we face the reality of the epidemic, especially in the dimension of support and attention for the most distant and vulnerable. Cory Weinberg. Full Text -> PresStories

Venezuelan artist Miguel Garcia puts on the finishing touches on his mural of Venezuelan popular saint, Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 26, 2021. Known as the doctor of the poor, Hernandez is set to be beatified by the Catholic church, a step towards sainthood, on April 30th. By Ariana Cubillos Full Text -> EastOregonian