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Johanna Rutta, 13, of Rosholt, pauses at a casket containing the remains of Catholic St. Maria Goretti during an open veneration Friday at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison. Thousands came to view the casket on its first U.S. tour.
- Photos by JOHN HART — State Journal
According to Catholicism, God acts through relics such as the skeleton of a saint, especially in terms of healing. On Friday, visitors pressed photos and rosary beads against the casket of St. Maria Goretti in Madison, seeking mercy.
- According to Catholicism, God acts through relics such as the skeleton of a saint, especially in terms of healing. On Friday, visitors pressed photos and rosary beads against the casket of St. Maria Goretti in Madison, seeking mercy.
A visitor to an open veneration of Catholic saint Maria Goretti carries a prayer card and rosary while waiting to view a casket containing her remains at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison, Wis. Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. JOHN HART -- State Journal
- JOHN HART -- State Journal
Anne Rogan, 16 of Stratford, Wis. pauses at a casket containing the remains of Catholic saint Maria Goretti during an open veneration gathering at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison, Wis. Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. JOHN HART -- State Journal
- JOHN HART -- State Journal
A visitor to an open veneration of Catholic saint Maria Goretti holds a rosary near a casket containing the saint's remains at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison, Wis. Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. JOHN HART -- State Journal
- JOHN HART -- State Journal
A painting of Catholic saint Maria Goretti is pictured beside a casket containing her remains during an open veneration of the saint at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison, Wis. Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. JOHN HART -- State Journal
- JOHN HART -- State Journal
Visitors wait in a line Friday outside St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison to offer reverence to the remains of St. Maria Goretti, the youngest canonized saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
- Visitors wait Friday outside St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison to offer reverence to the remains of St. Maria Goretti, the youngest canonized saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
Photos: Catholic saint venerated in Madison
Thousands are drawn to a public viewing of a casket containing the remains of Roman Catholic Saint Maria Goretti during an open veneration at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison.
Johanna Rutta, 13, of Rosholt, pauses at a casket containing the remains of Catholic St. Maria Goretti during an open veneration Friday at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison. Thousands came to view the casket on its first U.S. tour.
- Photos by JOHN HART — State Journal
According to Catholicism, God acts through relics such as the skeleton of a saint, especially in terms of healing. On Friday, visitors pressed photos and rosary beads against the casket of St. Maria Goretti in Madison, seeking mercy.
- According to Catholicism, God acts through relics such as the skeleton of a saint, especially in terms of healing. On Friday, visitors pressed photos and rosary beads against the casket of St. Maria Goretti in Madison, seeking mercy.
A visitor to an open veneration of Catholic saint Maria Goretti carries a prayer card and rosary while waiting to view a casket containing her remains at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison, Wis. Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. JOHN HART -- State Journal
- JOHN HART -- State Journal
To keep the line moving, each visitor was limited to 15 seconds in front of the casket holding the remains of St. Maria Goretti at her namesake parish Friday in Madison.
- Photos by JOHN HART — State Journal
Thousands of people visited the remains of Catholic St. Maria Goretti over 22 hours at St. Maria Goretti Parish in Madison.
- JOHN HART — State Journal
Anne Rogan, 16 of Stratford, Wis. pauses at a casket containing the remains of Catholic saint Maria Goretti during an open veneration gathering at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison, Wis. Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. JOHN HART -- State Journal
- JOHN HART -- State Journal
A visitor to an open veneration of Catholic saint Maria Goretti holds a rosary near a casket containing the saint's remains at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison, Wis. Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. JOHN HART -- State Journal
- JOHN HART -- State Journal
A painting of Catholic saint Maria Goretti is pictured beside a casket containing her remains during an open veneration of the saint at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison, Wis. Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. JOHN HART -- State Journal
- JOHN HART -- State Journal
Visitors wait in a line Friday outside St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison to offer reverence to the remains of St. Maria Goretti, the youngest canonized saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
- Visitors wait Friday outside St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison to offer reverence to the remains of St. Maria Goretti, the youngest canonized saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
