Gurrieri, together with members of the all-Italian cast and a niece and nephew of Frassati, were present at the Italian premiere of the film at Farnese Cinema in Rome on March 18. Poster for “To the ...

On the 94th anniversary of his death, niece Wanda Gawronska discusses some of the unknown aspects of her uncle’s life and spirituality. Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who loved to have fun and pray ...

The feast day for St. Pier Giorgio Frassati on July 4 will be his first ever since his canonization last year.

Italian Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati was a struggling student who excelled in mountain climbing.(CNS file photo) (Aug. 19, 2005) My hands folded, I stared at the woodgrain of the table. I didn’t even ...

Pope Leo XIV canonized Pier Giorgio Frassati on Sunday (September 7), along with Carlo Acutis, became the first saints of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy, with Frassati notable as a “beacon for lay spirituality ...

Mario Enzler is a senior adviser to the president of The Heritage Foundation and the author of “I Served a Saint.” On Sept. 7, 80,000 worshippers gathered in Saint Peter’s Square for Pope Leo XIV’s ...

Images of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati appear beside and on his tomb at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Turin, Italy, in this file photo from February 2006. (CNS file photo/Carol Glatz) VATICAN ...

VATICAN CITY—Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young Catholics beloved for their vibrant faith and witness to holiness, will be canonized together on September 7. The date ...

VATICAN CITY It was only at Pier Giorgio's funeral in July 1925 that his father, Commendator Alfredo Frassati, fully understood the parallel and incredible world his son—struck down by poliomyelitis ...

Pier Giorgio Frassati is a newly canonised saint who passed away in 1925. He is recognised as a global patron for the youth and athletes. Pier Giorgio Frassati was canonised alongside teen saint Carlo ...

Pope Francis said that Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati "will be a saint soon." Known as "the Man of the Eight Beatitudes," he was beatified by St. John Paul II in 1990 after his sainthood cause was ...

On September 7, 2025, Pier Giorgio Frassati, who was born in Turin, Italy, on April 6, 1901, and died at the age of 24 from fulminant poliomyelitis, will be elevated to the honors of the altar. Before ...