Relic of Blessed José Gregorio Hernández. Caracas, Venezuela. In the Catholic Church, relics have always received special veneration because the body

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Relic of Blessed José Gregorio Hernández. Caracas, Venezuela. In the Catholic Church, relics have always received special veneration because the body of the blessed and saints is considered to have been the instrument of their sanctity. The Church has spoken of three degrees of relics: first degree, which are fragments of the body of the saint, which is the case here.

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