Patronage
Patron Saints of Pro-life Movement
The Catholic Church venerates 2 saints as patrons of pro-life movement. Each came to this patronage through their own life — read their stories below and ask for the intercession of the one whose path speaks to yours.
St. Gianna Beretta Molla
Feast: April 28“An Italian pediatrician who sacrificed her life to save her unborn child, choosing to continue a dangerous pregnancy rather than have an abortion.”
St. Maximilian Kolbe
Feast: August 14“Knight of the Immaculata”
A Polish Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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