Saint Moms

St. Gianna Beretta Molla's daughter, for whom she sacrificed her life, was recently in the United States. The National Catholic Register ran a brief story, which included a few quotes from Dr. Gianna Emanuela about her mother:

“God loved my mother very much,” Molla told the staff. She added: “God chose her among many saint mothers. There must be many saint mothers in paradise.”

“I would not be here with you if I had not been loved so much,” said Molla, who lives near Milan, Italy. Her saintly mother gave her own life so that she might live by choosing to continue her pregnancy despite a uterine tumor in the 1960s.

“All my mom’s life has been a hymn to life,” Molla said. “She died in the same exemplary way she lived. Her holiness represents something extraordinary … a holiness in which everyone can feel at home.”

Read the whole story here.