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St Maria Goretti, Martyr of Forgiveness

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Maria Goretti was born in 1890 to a poor farming family in Italy and grew up helping her mother work the land. At eleven she was attacked by a young neighbour, Alessandro Serenelli, and she died the next day, on 6 July 1902. Before she died she forgave him and said she wanted him with her in paradise. He later repented, begged her mother's forgiveness and lived out his life as a religious brother. Pope Pius XII declared her a saint in 1950. Her feast is July 6. Light a free candle for forgiveness and for the young. St Maria Goretti, pray for us.

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