Editing Roberto Clemente (section)

== Personal life ==
Clemente was married on November 14, 1964 to [[Vera Clemente|Vera Zabala]] at San Fernando Church in [[Carolina, Puerto Rico|Carolina]]. The couple had three children: [[Roberto Clemente Jr.|Roberto]] (often referred to as "Roberto Jr."), born in 1965; Luis Roberto, born in 1966; and Roberto Enrique, born in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |title=Clemente's Family and Legacy |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/roberto-clemente-his-family-and-his-legacy/ |website=[[PBS]]}}</ref> Vera Clemente died on November 16, 2019, aged 78.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 16, 2019 |title=Vera Clemente, widow of Pirates legend, dies at age 78 |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28096785/vera-clemente-widow-pirates-legend-dies-age-78 |access-date=November 16, 2019 |work=[[ESPN]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref name="NYT Vera obit">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/18/sports/baseball/vera-clemente-dead.html|title=Vera Clemente, Flame-Keeping Widow of Baseball's Roberto, Dies at 78|first=Katharine Q.|last=Seelye|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 18, 2019}}</ref>

Clemente was a devout [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Doino|first=William|title=The Christian Witness of Roberto Clemente|url=https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2013/01/the-christian-witness-of-roberto-clemente|access-date=March 5, 2023|website=firstthings.com|date=January 14, 2013 }}</ref> In the 2010s, there was an initiative to have him [[Canonization|canonized]] by the Catholic Church.<ref name=LaySuport>{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Heather |title=Roberto Clemente, the next saint?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/roberto-clemente-the-next-saint/2014/06/17/fdd35ca4-f647-11e3-afdf-f7ffea8c744a_story.html |access-date=December 25, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 17, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Snyder |first1=Matt |title=Saint Roberto? There's a canonization movement for Clemente |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/saint-roberto-theres-a-canonization-movement-for-clemente/ |work=[[CBS Sports]] |date=June 12, 2015}}</ref>

Clemente's older brother Justino visited the Baseball Hall of Fame, and provided insight to the language barrier and racism Roberto faced.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Francis |first1=Bill |title=Justino Clemente, brother of Roberto, visits Hall of Fame |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/justino-clemente-visits-hall-of-fame |website=National Baseball Hall of Fame |access-date=March 14, 2025 |date=October 2, 2018}}</ref> Justino died in March, 2025 at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite web |last1=National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |first1= |title=The Hall of Fame family mourns the loss of Justino "Matino" Clemente |url=https://www.facebook.com/share/15frgqg25U/ |access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref>