Maria Goretti died on July 6, 1902, and was buried on July 8 in Nettuno, according to the website. In 1935 “information gathering” for canonization began.

The relics of St. Maria Goretti are on display in Dallas is part of a nationwide pilgrimage to usher in the church's Holy Year of Mercy -- which, in March, Pope Francis declared would begin on Dec. 8.

St. Maria Goretti was a simple farm girl who was murdered on July 6, 1902. She is a saint and is considered a martyr of purity. Refusing to give in to the licentious desires of attacker ...

From here the Pilgrimage of Mercy goes to Detroit, Michigan but there is still time to see Maria Goretti. St. Peter's will have mass at 7 p.m and you can visit until 10 p.m. tonight.

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.

On Sunday, the relics will be at St. Scholastica Church, 8201 W. Outer Drive, just west of the Southfield Freeway, in Detroit. There is a 10 a.m. mass with public veneration until 11 p.m.

St. Maria Goretti, whose wax-enclosed skeletal remains were on display Thursday at St. Mary Immaculate Church in Plainfield, was my absolute idol – no offense, God – growing up.