Kansas City, Mo., May 23, 2011 / 23:43 pm
The youngest daughter of St. Gianna Molla will join Cardinal Raymond L. Burke in addressing a Kansas City conference on Catholic end-of-life care on July 23.
Dr. Gianna Emanuela Molla’s mother was declared a saint in 2004 by the Catholic Church and is known for her heroism in choosing a risky operation to save her daughter’s life when she was two months pregnant. The conference marks the first visit to the U.S. for St. Gianna’s daughter.
The conference, titled “Being Faithful, Even Unto Death,” will address medical issues surrounding those suffering and those at the end of their lives. The St. Gianna Physician’s Guild organized the conference.
“With the help of Cardinal Burke, we have assembled experts in all areas of medicine, law, and the Catholic Church to analyze and explain the proper and obligatory way to provide Catholic care to the most vulnerable and those who are dying,” said Thomas McKenna, the guild’s founder and president.