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New saint a symbol for foes of abortion
VATICAN CITY—Pope John Paul named six new saints yesterday, including a woman who became a symbol for abortion opponents because she refused to end her pregnancy despite warnings it could kill her.
The Vatican has long championed the case of Gianna Beretta Molla, an Italian pediatrician who died in 1962 at age 39 — a week after giving birth to her fourth child.
Doctors had told her it was dangerous to proceed with the pregnancy because she had a tumour in her uterus, but she insisted on carrying the baby to term.
In proclaiming her a saint, John Paul praised her "extreme sacrifice" and her simple but profound message.
"May our era rediscover, by the example of Gianna Beretta Molla, the pure, chaste and fertile beauty of conjugal love, lived as a response to the divine calling," he said.
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No one ever mentions how God gave her a tumor and left her kids without a mother.
VATICAN CITY—Pope John Paul named six new saints yesterday, including a woman who became a symbol for abortion opponents because she refused to end her pregnancy despite warnings it could kill her.
The Vatican has long championed the case of Gianna Beretta Molla, an Italian pediatrician who died in 1962 at age 39 — a week after giving birth to her fourth child.
Doctors had told her it was dangerous to proceed with the pregnancy because she had a tumour in her uterus, but she insisted on carrying the baby to term.
In proclaiming her a saint, John Paul praised her "extreme sacrifice" and her simple but profound message.
"May our era rediscover, by the example of Gianna Beretta Molla, the pure, chaste and fertile beauty of conjugal love, lived as a response to the divine calling," he said.
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No one ever mentions how God gave her a tumor and left her kids without a mother.
