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CBS News
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Chicago Catholic church to host relic from soon-to-be millennial saint
A rare relic tied to a future saint made a stop in Chicago this week. People attending mass Tuesday night at St. Hedwig Church, at 2226 N. Hoyne Ave. in the Bucktown neighborhood, were set to be able to see it. Reaching the heights of sainthood may not seem like a modern-day story, until one hears about a 15-year-old boy in Milan, Italy, named Carlo Acutis. "His memory and his influence was so great that it impacts us today," said Father Ed Howe. Howe called Carlo Acutis' story amazing. "At an early age, he created websites about eucharistic miracles," Howe said. Father Howe is the pastor at the only parish named for the soon-to-be saint from the Millennial generation, Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish, of which St. Hedwig is a part. "Carlo Acutis was someone who people have called the patron saint of the internet," said Fr. Howe. "He was playing video games, and he probably had an email. He might be the only saint who had an email." St. Hedwig is already home to a relic of Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006. The relic consists of a little lock of his hair. Just weeks before Carlo Acutis is officially canonized by Pope Leo XIV, another relic is visiting Chicago too. Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino brought a piece of Carlo Acutis' heart from Italy. "To send people the heart of Carlo," said Sorrentino, "the pericardium, which is the skin around the heart." People can see the relic Tuesday night after Sorrentino holds a special mass at St. Hedwig Church. "When you look at Carlo, you say: 'This is something that works also for me. I can be a saint,'" said Sorrentino. The archbishop said it was the love in the millennial's heart that will make him a saint. "His influence lives on today in so many different ways as an example of how to live holiness for young people in today's world with all its different challenges," said Fr. Howe.
Daily Mail
26-06-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
Pope Leo announces when British-born ‘God's Influencer' Carlo Acutis will finally be canonised
Pope Leo XIV has revealed that the Catholic Church's first 'millennial-era saint' Carlo Acutis will be canonised on September 7. Earlier this month, the Pope held his first ordinary public consistory since being elected in May, in which he formally approved the canonisations of eight saints Acutis' beatification was originally scheduled for April 27, but was postponed following the death of Pope Francis on April 21. London-born Acutis was 15 when he died in northern Italy in 2006 from leukemia. He has become enormously popular among young Catholics who have been flocking to his tomb in Assisi, which has become a pilgrimage site. It is also the home of his 13-century idol Saint Francis, who dedicated his life to the care of the poor. It features a glass coffin in which Acutis can be seen dressed in trainers, jeans and a sweatshirt. In many respects, Acutis was a normal fifteen-year-old. But the teen, who taught catechism in a local parish and did outreach to the homeless, has become known worldwide for his religious devotion and the attribution of miracles since his passing. Leo said Acutis will be canonised along with another Italian Catholic, Pier Giorgio Frassati, who also died young at 24 after contracting polio in 1925. Acutis' canonisation comes aftet the Vatican judged that the youngster interceded from heaven help cure two people in life-threatening circumstances, paving the way for him to be canonised as the first 'millenial saint'. Antonia Salzano, his mother, said Acutis had a 'special relationship' with God from an early age, even though her family was not religious. Aged seven, he wrote: 'My life plan is to be always close to Jesus'. Born in London in 1991 to an Italian mother and a half-English, half-Italian father who was working in the UK as a merchant banker, Carlo grew up in Milan where he took care of his parish website and later that of a Vatican-based academy. As a young child, he would donate his money to the poor, and when he was old enough spent his evenings cooking and delivering meals to the homeless. Then, at the end of each day, Carlo would take time to reflect on his life, how he treated his friends, teachers and parents and how he could eliminate any form of sin that he may have committed. At the turn of the millennium, the young boy began teaching himself computer programming, which he would use to share information about his beliefs. The teen has become known worldwide for his religious devotion and the attribution of miracles since his passing ouvenirs of Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 aged 15, are displayed in a shop in Assisi, Italy, April 10, 2025 He soon set up a website, 'The Eucharistic Miracles of the World', where he researched and documented miracles attributed with the Eucharist. The website says it 'aimed at confirming faith in the real presence of the body and blood of the Lord in the Eucharist'. Carlo's diagnosis with leukaemia in October 2006 came as a horrifying shock. The disease can take several forms but affects the blood cells in bone marrow. Symptoms include tiredness, bruising and bleeding, repeated infections and high temperatures, per Blood Cancer UK. The disease overwhelmingly affects young people. While it is not currently curable, it is possible to treat. In spite of his diagnosis, Carlo reassured his parents: 'I'm happy to die because I've lived my life without wasting even a minute of it doing things that wouldn't have pleased God.' Carlo Acutis died on October 12, 2006.
Straits Times
16-06-2025
- General
- Straits Times
‘God's Influencer' to become first millennial saint in September
Souvenirs of Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 aged 15, are displayed in a shop in Assisi, Italy. PHOTO: REUTERS 'God's Influencer' to become first millennial saint in September VATICAN CITY – Italian millennial Carlo Acutis, dubbed 'God's Influencer', will be elevated to sainthood in September after the original ceremony was delayed by Pope Francis' death in April, the Vatican said June 13. Pope Leo XIV rescheduled to Sept 7 the canonisation of Acutis, who died of leukaemia in 2006 at the age of 15. He had been set to be made a saint on April 27. Nicknamed the 'Cyber Apostle', the teenager had an ardent faith from a young age and used his computer skills to spread the Catholic faith online, notably creating a digital exhibition on miracles. Italian student Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901-1925), renowned for his social commitment and passion for mountain climbing, will be canonised on the same day. Pope Leo will raise seven others to sainthood on Oct 19. They include Papua New Guinea's first saint Pierre To Rot, a lay catechist executed by Japan in 1945; archbishop Ignace Shoukrallah Maloyan, who died in 1915; and the Venezuelan 'doctor of the poor' Jose Gregorio Hernandez Cisneros, who died in 1919. AFP Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Free Malaysia Today
16-06-2025
- Health
- Free Malaysia Today
‘God's Influencer' to become first millennial saint
Carlo Acutis died of leukaemia in 2006 at the age of 15. (AP pic) VATICAN CITY : Italian millennial Carlo Acutis, dubbed 'God's Influencer', will be elevated to sainthood in September after the original ceremony was delayed by Pope Francis's death in April, the Vatican said today. Pope Leo XIV rescheduled to Sept 7 the canonisation of Acutis, who died of leukaemia in 2006 at the age of 15. He had been set to be made a saint on April 27. Nicknamed the 'Cyber Apostle', the teenager had an ardent faith from a young age and used his computer skills to spread the Catholic faith online, notably creating a digital exhibition on miracles. Italian student Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901-1925), renowned for his social commitment and passion for mountain climbing, will be canonised on the same day. Leo will raise seven others to sainthood on Oct 19. They include Papua New Guinea's first saint, Pierre To Rot, a lay catechist executed by Japan in 1945, Ignace Shoukrallah Maloyan, an archbishop who died in 1915 and the Venezuelan 'doctor of the poor' Jose Gregorio Hernandez Cisneros, who died in 1919.
Malay Mail
15-06-2025
- Health
- Malay Mail
‘God's Influencer' Carlo Acutis to become first millennial saint in September
ROME, June 15 — Italian millennial Carlo Acutis, dubbed 'God's Influencer', will be elevated to sainthood in September after the original ceremony was delayed by Pope Francis's death in April, the Vatican said Friday. Pope Leo XIV rescheduled to September 7 the canonisation of Acutis, who died of leukaemia in 2006 at the age of 15. He had been set to be made a saint on April 27. Nicknamed the 'Cyber Apostle', the teenager had an ardent faith from a young age and used his computer skills to spread the Catholic faith online, notably creating a digital exhibition on miracles. Italian student Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901-1925), renowned for his social commitment and passion for mountain climbing, will be canonised on the same day. Leo will raise seven others to sainthood on October 19. They include Papua New Guinea's first saint, Pierre To Rot, a lay catechist executed by Japan in 1945, Ignace Shoukrallah Maloyan, an archbishop who died in 1915 and the Venezuelan 'doctor of the poor' Jose Gregorio Hernandez Cisneros, who died in 1919. — AFP
