The postulators of each cause have shared the reasons why they believe these professionals could become saints. The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome has organized a congress dedicated to reflecting on the legacy of five physicians whose causes for canonization are underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among them is J\u00e9r\u00f4me Lejeune, the physician who in 1959 identified trisomy 21 as the cause of Down syndrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
R\u00c9MI BAZIN The Spanish physician Jos\u00e9 G\u00e1lvez Ginachero, known for his innovative vision of public health and for his charity, was also discussed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SALVADOR AGUILERA L\u00d3PEZ Ernesto Cofi\u00f1o, a Guatemalan physician and pioneer in pediatrics, was another outstanding candidate for his humanitarian work and exemplary faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SANTIAGO CALLEJO This congress served as a reminder that holiness is also within the reach of the laity. The postulators presented the doctors as an example of life and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n JH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A congress was held in Rome to present the lives of five doctors whose causes for canonization are underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":76411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/E9w0Odm-rxg","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bcongressomedicieng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bcongressomediciint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76410"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76410"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76414,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76410\/revisions\/76414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Postulator of the Cause of Dr. J\u00e9r\u00f4me Lejeune<\/strong>
We cannot even imagine what our researcher might have felt when he realized that his discovery was going to be used to identify children with Down syndrome and prevent them from being born, instead of curing them. J\u00e9r\u00f4me Lejeune could not accept the fact that medicine aims to defeat the disease by eliminating the sick person. And since then, he has become the tireless defender of his little patients.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Postulator of the cause of Dr. Jos\u00e9 G\u00e1lvez Ginachero.<\/strong>
As a faithful Christian, he was a Salesian Cooperator, he always helped the Salesian Home in Malaga. In 1916, he gave 50 beds for the boarding school and in 1918 a new printing press. He was named perpetual president of the Salesian Cooperators. Also, he founded the Ave Maria schools with donations of the land he owned. As we said, he had used his money for this. So he gave the land to build these schools for poor children.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Postulator of the cause of Dr. Ernesto Cofi\u00f1o<\/strong>
Ernesto always acted with great professionalism, with dedication, and he from the beginning of his career promoted initiatives to get medical care to people without resources, especially children, even in the most rural areas of his country. He put his scientific expertise at the service of everyone, including those most in need. Indeed, he acquired considerable prestige. He was director of the Department of Pediatrics at Guatemala's largest hospital. In 1936 he performed the first blood transfusion to a child in Guatemala.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n