For pregnancy, motherhood, or medical decisions
St. Gianna Beretta Molla
Feast dayApril 28Often sought forMothers, unborn children, physicians, and difficult pregnancies
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The life of this saint
Gianna was a twentieth-century Italian physician, wife, and mother who treated medicine as a service to human dignity. During a dangerous pregnancy, she made difficult medical choices with deep faith and love for her unborn child.
Why Catholics ask for this saint’s intercession
Her life speaks directly to mothers, physicians, and families facing pregnancy complications or difficult healthcare decisions.
Ask for intercession
A prayer with St. Gianna Beretta Molla
St. Gianna, physician, wife, and mother, intercede for every mother and child in this need. Ask Jesus to protect life, guide physicians with wisdom, strengthen the family, and bring peace to difficult decisions. Help us receive every person as a gift entrusted by God. Amen.
