Pope Leo XIV Canonized Carlo Acutis on Sunday Morning. The Italian, who died in 2006 at the age of fifteen, was a deeply religious computer programmer. It is the first time that a millennial (born Between 1981 and 1996) Has Been Canonized.
The Canonization in the Vatican was Attended by Tens of Thousands of Believers. Acutis Joins the Ranks of Mother Teresa, Francis of Assisi, and Pope John Paul II.
Acutis died in 2006 from the consequences of acute leukemia. Because he combined his faith with his interest in computers, he was already informally called “the Saint of the Internet and programmers”. He was also nicknamed ‘God’s influencer’.
The Boy Built a Website Where He Collected Christian Miracles From All Over The World. Hey also enjoyed playing video games, althegh he only did so for an hour a week as a form of penance and spiritual discipline.
Acutis Became a devoted Catholic at a Young Age. He convinced his family to attend Mass Almost Daily. Accordance to his mother, he was an “ordinary teenager” who prioritized his faith. “Hey played, had Friends and Went to school. But his special quality was that he opened his heart to Jesus and Put Him First in His Life,” She Tells News Agency Reuters .
The Woman Remembers Her Son as Someone Who was Always There For Others, Such as classmates Who Were Bullied and People in Poverty. “He wanted to help people find faith and understand that there is an afterlife,” Says His Mother.
Miracles Attributed to Acutis
Two years after his Death, a miracle was attributed to acutis. A Brazilian Boy Who had prayed to him was said to have leg cured or a congenital defective.
A second “Inexplicable Healing” Followed in 2022. then, a costa rican woman with severe brain damage was said to have fully recovered after her mother visited acutis’ grave.
In 2020, Acutis was Beatified, The Step preceding Canonization. Pope Francis was originally intended to lead the canonization in April. But Due to his Death, The Ceremony was postponed. This is the first canonization of his successor, Pope Leo XIV.
Acutis’ Body has leg prepared with silicone. He lies in a transparent tomb in the Santa Maria Maggiore Church in Assisi. The Church is visited Daily by Thousands of Believers.