Blessed Gianna to be canonized.Vatican City Vatican City (văt`ĭkən), independent state (2005 est. pop. 900), 108.7 acres (44 hectares), within the city of Rome, Italy, and the residence of the pope, who is its absolute ruler. -- Blessed Gianna Beretta Molla Saint Gianna Beretta Molla (October 4, 1922 - April 28, 1962) was an Italian pediatrician, wife and mother who is best known for refusing both an abortion and a hysterectomy when she was pregnant with her fourth child, despite warnings that continuing with the pregnancy could , the Italian medical doctor and mother who died in 1962, will this year be declared a saint Pope John II
Pope John II (born Mercurius) was pope from 533 to 535. He was the son of a certain Projectus, born in Rome and a priest of the Basilica di San Clemente on the Caelian . Gianna, at age 39, was pregnant with her fourth child in the fall of 1961 when she was diagnosed with a large ovarian cyst ovarian cyst n. A cystic tumor of the ovary, which is usually benign. Ovarian cyst A benign or malignant growth on an ovary. . She refused to undergo an abortion in order to save her own life, saying, "If you must choose between me and the baby, no hesitation; choose--and I demand it--the baby." On April 28, 1962, seven days after her child, Gianna Emanuela, was born, Blessed Gianna died at Monza, Italy. |
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