The plan is for a global theatrical event release in October 2026 to mark the 20th anniversary of Acutis' passing. Italy’s Nexo Studios, which produces and distributes theatrical event content for the ...

YOUNGSTOWN − The Catholic Diocese of Youngstown said three parishes in Columbiana County are merging. St. Jude in Columbiana, Our Lady of Lourdes in East Palestine and St. Patrick in Leetonia will ...

The story of the first millennial saint, dubbed "God’s Influencer" for his use of the internet to spread his faith, is spotlighted in the final installment of season two of Martin Scorsese's "The ...

Last month, word spread quickly among Catholic parishes in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City: the relic of Saint Carlo Acutis, a teenager from Italy who has been nicknamed the “patron of the internet,” would ...

I looked over the colonnade of St. Peter’s Square and couldn’t believe my eyes. Eighty thousand people below erupted into applause as Pope Leo declared Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis to be ...

If you look up St. Carlo Acutis in Britannica, he is described by the encyclopedic source as an "English-born Italian computer programmer." True enough. But how did Acutis go from being a 15-year-old ...

Yesterday (Sept. 7) at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV officially canonized Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old computer enthusiast from Italy who died in 2006 and has since become known as the “patron saint of the ...

Pope Leo XIV canonized Carlo Acutis, a tech-savvy 15-year-old who died in 2006, as the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint. Nicknamed “God’s influencer,” Acutis created websites documenting ...

The late teen was canonized during a ceremony led by Pope Leo XIV outside the Vatican on Sept. 7 Christopher Furlong/Getty Carlo Acutis is officially the first millennial saint part of the Catholic ...

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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 ...

VATICAN CITY — Tens of thousands of worshipers filled St. Peter’s Square on Sunday for the canonization of the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint, a London-born computer whiz who played Super ...