On July 6 we commemorate the feast of St. Maria Goretti, one of the youngest canonized saints in the Catholic Church’s history. She was 11 years old at the time of her death. In March 2015, Pope ...

S t. Maria Goretti, beloved by countless millions as a model of chastity and purity, has come to the United States on a “Pilgrimage of Mercy,” a tour that will run through 25 dioceses and span 18 ...

Next week, Blessed Trinity Catholic Church will host the remains of St. Maria Goretti, the Catholic Church’s youngest saint, who died a martyr in 1902 in Nettuno, Italy, at age 11, after she fended ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thousands of Catholics gathered to witness a first in Chicago. The relic of St. Maria Goretti, the youngest canonized saint, is on display at St. Cantius Church in the city's Goose ...

PHILADELPHIA >> Hundreds of people made the trek to view the skeletal remains of the youngest canonized saint in the Catholic church, St. Maria Goretti, which made a stop at Saint Rita of Cascia ...

On this day we remember St. Maria Goretti, the eleven-year-old girl who was stabbed to death by nineteen-year-old Alessandro Serenelli as he attempted to rape her. She died of the fourteen stab wounds ...

Pope Francis has marked the feast of the young martyr St. Maria Goretti by calling the faithful to follow her example and be forgiving to those who wrong them. The memory of Maria Goretti's example ...

Welcomed by crowds of teary-eyed faithful, the remains of St. Maria Goretti, the youngest saint canonized by the Roman Catholic Church, arrived in Chicago at dawn Monday, with law enforcement officers ...