From Aleteia:
In the silence of the cloisters of Caracas, where incense mixes with the air of a resilient Venezuela, a story of conquering difficulties recently reached the altars. This is not a narrative about great armies, but about a woman who was born with a physical disability to fill a spiritual void.
Saint Carmen Rendiles Martínez is an allegory of a country that, even wounded, refuses to fall. The life of Mother Carmen, as she is affectionately called, began in 1903. She was born without her left arm — a disability that, at the turn of the 20th century, could mean social isolation. But what she lacked in body seems to have been compensated for in spirit.