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 ...

And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. Find today’s readings here. I’ve been thinking lately about the mother of Maria Goretti. As I’m writing this, it is the day after the ...

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’s ...

Relics of the youngest saint in the Roman Catholic Church have arrived in Newark. The relics of St. Maria Goretti, also known as the "Little Saint of Great Mercy," are making their first tour of the ...

There are three sites related to the life of St. Maria Goretti that can be visited today: Corinaldo, Colle Gianturco and Nettuno. The birth house of St. Maria Goretti can be visited in the farmland in ...