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Chiara Badano was born on October 29, 1971 to Ruggero and Teresa Badano of Sassano, Italy. They had prayed for more than 10 years to have a child, and Chiara was the answer to those prayers. She was a typical kid in most ways, not always listening to her parents. But she also showed a devotion to Jesus that was uncommon. Her mother recounts a story of Chiara when she was four. Her mother asked her to help clear the table, but Chiara refused. She left the room but soon returned, saying ''How does that story from the Gospel go about the father who asks his son to go to the vineyard … . Mommy, help me put my apron on.'' For the family, this showed how even at a young age, Chiara knew it was important to do the will of God.

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Chiara was an active girl, enjoying tennis, hiking, swimming, singing and dancing. It was while playing tennis at the age of 16 that she felt severe pain in her shoulder; she was soon diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer called osteosarcoma. This form of cancer is exceptionally painful, and the treatments she underwent were unsuccessful. Chemotherapy caused her hair to fall out, but even this did not stop her. Each time a lock of hair would fall out, she would offer it to God, saying, ''For you, Jesus.'' Eventually losing the use of her legs, she was offered morphine for the extreme pain, but refused it, saying that it reduced her lucidity and that her pain was the only thing she had left to offer to Jesus. Though extremely sick herself, she spent her time in hospital cheering up other patients, such as a young drug addict with severe depression. When encouraged to rest instead of doing such work, she replied, ''I'll have time to rest later.'' She believed and accepted that Jesus had sent her cancer at exactly the right time.

On October 7, 1990, Chiara passed away. Her last words to her mother were, ''Mamma, be happy, because I'm happy!'' A huge crowd attended her funeral. At her request she was buried in a white dress, ''like a bride going to Jesus.''

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In the summer of 1988, Chiara felt a sting of pain in her shoulder while playing tennis. At first she thought nothing of it, but when the pain continued to be present, she underwent a series of tests. The doctors then discovered she had a rare and painful form of bone cancer, osteogenic sarcoma. In response Chiara simply declared, "It's for you, Jesus; if you want it, I want it, too."[3]

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One of her doctors, Dr. Antonio Delogu, said, "Through her smile, and through her eyes full of light, she showed us that death doesn't exist; only life exists.

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Chiara Badano in 1987   Chiara as a young girl   Chiara during her illness

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was a young Italian teenager who is currently in the process of being pronounced a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. At age nine she joined the Focolare Movement and received the nickname "Luce" by the founder Chiara Lubich. When she was 16 she was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma, a painful bone cancer. Chiara succumbed to the cancer on October 7, 1990, after a two-year battle with the disease.

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October 29, 1971
Sassello, Italy

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October 7, 1990 (aged 18)
Sassello, Itally

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september 25 2010
our lady of divine love
in Rome
by Pope Benedict XVI

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Roman Catholic Church

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Her parents ( Ruggero and Maria Teresa) got married when they were 26 and their greatest desire was to have children, but they had to wait 11 years.  But they continued to pray, even on the track during his long work trips. Chiara was born