CENTER CITY (WPVI) -- People lined the sidewalk down the block Wednesday waiting to see the major relics of Saint Maria Goretti. At the National Shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia on South Broad Street, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rachel Coassolo, left, and Jennifer Johnson sing ’What is This Feeling’ in St. Maria Goretti’s American Idol. The cast of St. Maria Goretti’s American Idol performs the finale ’God Bless the USA’ last ...

LAFLIN — A day filled with events in honor of the Feast of Divine Mercy was held on Sunday, April 12 at St. Maria Goretti Church in Laflin. This year’s celebrant was Msgr. Neil J. Van Loon, pastor of ...

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 ...

Monday marks the feast day of St. Maria Goretti, a young virgin and martyr whose life is an example of purity and mercy for all Christians. Maria Goretti is best known for her commitment to purity and ...

HAGERSTOWN — After Saint Maria Goretti basketball joined the prestigious Baltimore Catholic League 40 years ago, the road games came with long drives home that gave legendary coach Cokey Robertson ...