Pietro Molla, husband of St Gianna Molla,
died on Holy Saturday at the age of 97. He will be buried tomorrow.
Gianna is best known for her heroic choice for life, enduring a complicated pregnancy to bring her daughter Giana Emanuela to term. (Interestingly, it was on a Holy Saturday that Gianna gave birth to little Giana. Gianna died a week later, on Easter Saturday.)
After the death of his wife, Pietro was left to bring up their four children, all under the age of five. One of those children died two years later.
What kind of man lives to see his wife canonized? Gianna's vocation as mother blossomed out of her vocation as wife. Perhaps it's worth learning more about Mr Molla and about Gianna's life with him.
St Gianna, pray for Pietro and for us. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
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I would like someone to please show me an article or an amendment in the Constitution that addresses the constitutionality of a national day of prayer. US District Judge Barbara Crabb wrote in her decision, "In this instance, the government has taken sides on a matter that must be left to individual conscience." (read the whole article at LifeSiteNews.com) The government is not knocking down doors and forcing people to pray a national prayer. They are allowing for a day that recognizes religious freedom. What is unconstitutional about that? Was that no small part of the basis for our founding as a nation?
