Entitled «Love is a Choice» is, the 52-minute documentary recounts the life of St. Gianna, and also includes exclusive excerpts from the canonization ceremony, interviews with her husband, children and friends, as well as letters and family mementos.
Pope John Paul II beatified Gianna in 1994, and canonized her a year ago, May 16, offering her as a model of virtue, holiness, motherhood, professionalism and devotion.
St. Gianna was a mother and a medical doctor. When faced with a difficult pregnancy which threatened her own life, she chose to continue with it to save the life of her child. She died during childbirth April 21, 1962.
