The Atlantic

The First Millennial Saint

Visit the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in the Italian town of Assisi, and you’ll encounter the life-size cutout of a teen boy: the soon-to-be Saint Carlo Acutis. His real body, encased in wax, lies ...
CNN

Carlo Acutis, nicknamed ‘God’s influencer,’ becomes the first ‘millennial’ saint

An Italian teenager who liked playing video games and making funny films of his pets became the Catholic Church’s first “millennial” saint on Sunday. Carlo Acutis, who was just 15 when he died from ...
National Catholic Reporter

Carlo Acutis, the unlikely first millennial saint, inspires a new generation of Catholics

In a low-definition video, sitting behind a desk in front of a blue, plain backdrop, the 15-year-old Carlo Acutis looks straight into the camera: "I am destined to die," he says, followed by a smile, ...
America Magazine

You shouldn’t buy a piece of a saint: Catholic Church denounces online sale of Carlo Acutis relics

A man looks at the relics of Carlo Acutis, the 15-year-old Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia and beatified in 2020, at the San Rufino Cathedral in Assisi, Italy, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP ...