Gianna Beretta Molla
Gianna Beretta Molla ( born October 4, 1922 in Magenta near Milan, † April 28, 1962 in Monza ) was an Italian pediatrician who died as a result of the removal of a benign uterine tumor during pregnancy. She was canonized on May 16, 2004 by the Catholic Church.
Life
After studying medicine in Milan and Pavia, she completed her doctorate in 1949., You first opened in Mesero a practice, but then decided to specialize in pediatrics. In 1955 she married the engineer Pietro Molla ( † 3 April 2010), with whom she had four children. Gianna Beretta Molla for marriage and family life is a calling from God, to be followed by them. This view is later play an important role in the beatification and canonization. When she was pregnant with her fourth child, it turned out that she had a benign tumor in the uterus entrance. The doctor advised her to first of all to have an abortion, Gianna Molla, however, what strictly refused. Even the relatively least dangerous and also accepted according to Catholic morality removal of the uterus came for the mother of the question, since it would have meant the death of the child. Therefore, the tumor was removed during pregnancy in a complicated operation. When the child finally came into the world by cesarean section on April 21, 1962 complications were seen in Molla in the form of peritonitis, in which it a week later, on April 28, died. At her funeral, countless people went. The reputation of holiness spread quickly.
Causes of Saints
Already on 28 April 1980, the process of beatification was initiated. 1994, International Year of the Family, she was beatified on April 24. On 16 May 2004, she was canonized in the presence of her widower in Rome by Pope John Paul II. Gianna Beretta Molla is the last canonized by Pope this person. She is known worldwide as a model of the pro-life movement.