Saint Gianna Molla: Wife, Mother, Doctor World Religions and the demands of authentic

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“With humor and understanding

Saint Gianna Molla: Wife, Mother, Doctor World Religions and the demands of authenticThis is the inspiring story of a canonized contemporary woman. Gianna Molla (1923 1962) risked her life in order to save her unborn child. Diagnosed with uterine tumors during her fourth pregnancy, she refused a hysterectomy that would have aborted the child, and opted for a riskier surgery in an attempt to save the baby. Herself a medical doctor, Molla did give birth to the child, but succumbed to an infection. An Italian woman who loved skiing,