St. Gianna Beretta Molla

St. Gianna Beretta Molla: Trusting God Alone

Melanie Rigney April 19, 2023

Turning over control to God can be challenging when our expertise and knowledge make the surrender more complicated, as was the case with Gianna Beretta Molla.

St. Gianna Beretta Molla is seen with her children in this 1959 photo. The Italian doctor and mother, who sacrificed her own life for the life of her child, was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2004. (CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of Springfield)

Gianna Beretta Molla: A Saint for Mothers

Susan Hines-Brigger May 15, 2020

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about being a mom, it’s that it’s not always easy. And that while we relish the tender moments, sometimes it involves making tough choices. Enter Saint Gianna Beretta Molla—pediatrician, wife, mother, saint.

Lent with the Saints: Gianna Beretta Molla

Greg Friedman, OFM March 25, 2020

Gianna’s priority, even as the pregnancy threatened her own life, was the life of her child.

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