Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who designed a website documenting various Eucharistic miracles and led a faithful life before his death at age 15, will be canonized, the Vatican announced on Monday ...

A teenager in Nikes who loved Pokémon and played PlayStation doesn’t fit the traditional image of a saint. But on September 7, 2025, Carlo Acutis was canonized as the first millennial saint in the ...

On May 23, Pope Francis formally recognized the second miracle attributed to Blessed Carlo Acutis, clearing the way for him to become the first millennial saint. The Holy Father convened an Ordinary ...

A video-gaming Italian teenager will become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint after his cause for canonization was approved by church authorities. Carlo Acutis, who died from leukemia in ...

Pope Francis and the College of Cardinals voted to approve Carlo Acutis' canonization on July 1 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

British-born Italian teen Carlo Acutis is known as the “digital disciple” or “God’s influencer” because of the way he’s been able to spread the word of God through a form the younger generation ...

Carlo Acutis, a British-born computer prodigy who died in 2006 at the age of 15, is poised to become the Catholic Church's first millennial saint this Sunday. His impending canonisation has sparked a ...

Rome — A 15-year-old Italian web designer is set to become the Catholic Church's first saint from the millennial generation. On Monday, in a ceremony called an Ordinary Public Consistory, Pope Francis ...

An image of 15-year-old Carlo Acutis is unveiled during his beatification ceremony at the St. Francis Basilica in Assisi, Italy, in October 2020. ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said he will canonize Carlo ...

WASHINGTON — A 15-year-old computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006 is set to become the Catholic Church's first millennial saint. Pope Francis and the College of Cardinals approved Carlo Acutis' ...

CHICAGO — Seated quietly in pews during their regular school Mass in May, students at St. John Berchmans in Chicago were told that Pope Francis recently attributed a second miracle to Blessed Carlo ...

Carlo was born in 1991 in London, to Italian parents and he was raised in Milan, Italy. He died at age 15 but his short life left a lasting impact in the Catholic Church. He combined his deep Catholic ...