St. Maria Goretti (1890-1902) was unusual at the time of her canonization and remains — as holiness always is — a sign of contradiction today. She was canonized in 1950. Until St. John Paul II ...

One day, eight years into his prison term, he had a vison of a young girl dressed in white gathering lilies ... people were in attendance. Maria Goretti is a patron saint of girls, rape victims ...

The church gave the students red and white carnations to hold as ... The processional was for a Catholic saint known for her mercy. Maria Goretti was assaulted, stabbed and killed.

St. Maria Goretti, whose feast is celebrated ... In his 11th year of incarceration, he had a vision of Goretti where she appeared to him, dressed in white, gathering lilies from a garden.

"It's very rare." Martins put together the U.S. tour of St. Maria Goretti. He rode in the gleaming white tractor-trailer containing her remains as it lumbered across the heartland, to its final ...

TYLER, TX (KLTV) - Thousands of East Texans journeyed to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tyler this week to venerate the youngest saint ever canonized. The major remains of Maria Goretti ...

Hundreds of devotees jammed into St. Maria Goretti Parish on Friday to catch ... The wax shell, dressed in a long white dress, is displayed in a glass-sided case. A: “She came with an entourage ...

The relic of St. Maria Goretti, the youngest canonized saint, is on display at St. Cantius Church in the city's Goose Island neighborhood. NORTHLAKE, Ill. (WLS) -- The sacred remains of St. Maria ...