MARIA GORETTI’S CANONIZATION IN 1950 THE FIRST OPEN-AIR CANONIZATION and ATTENDED BY THE MOTHER OF THE CANONIZED together with the MURDERER --- Canonization ceremonies were strictly held before inside St. Peter’s Major Basilica or other Churches. But when Pope Pius XII canonized St. Maria Goretti, for the first time, the ceremony was held outside of the basilica due to the many people who were in attendance. Aside from that, there were two more “firsts” in this canonization. It was the first tim