Chiara Luce, a girl Full of vitality, but, suddenly, she fell gravely ill.
This is the story of the Life of Chiara Luce Badano, a Life Lived to the full..
They were just going on ahead of the others to another place, where they all eventually hope to meet up again. and yet these young people who have gone to the next Life were not aloof or idealized; they have not become "icons", to use the current terminology.
Each generation has its stories of heroism and holiness, which then become models for those coming after them.
She was beatified on Sept 25, 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI, who acknowledged her heroic virtues and tireless work for the poor, despite the pain of the disease from which she suffered.
She was eighteen when she died, yet she had Lived to the full.
And, strangely, moment by moment, a new Life Full of light began to unfold for her.
Chiara Luce, a girl Full of vitality, but, suddenly, she fell gravely ill
