The Parish of St. Hippolytus the Martyr in Rome welcomed the body of St. Maria Goretti from February 4 to 7, drawing numerous faithful for prayer and veneration during the four-day visit. St. Maria Goretti, one of the Church’s youngest canonized saints, was born in 1890 in Corinaldo, Italy. At just 11 years old, she was fatally stabbed while resisting an attempted molestation. Before her death on July 6, 1902, she forgave her attacker, expressing her desire that he join her in heaven. Her act of