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USA (Charles Town, West Virginia) Relics of Saint Maria Goretti on Display

The relics of Saint Maria Goretti will be on display here today.

  • Public veneration of St. Maria begins at 11:00 am
  • Solemn Mass celebrated in St. Maria’s honor at 7:00 pm
  • Public veneration ends at  9:00 pm
The Relics of Saint Maria Goretti
The Relics of Saint Maria Goretti

St. Maria Goretti’s body is not incorrupt.  It experienced natural degradation when it was interred in the cemetery of Nettuno, Italy, following her murder.  Thus, making this pilgrimage is not her flesh but simply her skeletal remains.