Pope Leo XIV Canonizes Carlo Acutis as First Millennial Saint

Photos of the Week: Mawlid, first millennial saint

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The Sacred and the Sacrilegious

Last Thursday, Pope Leo XIV issued a decree declaring the Servant of God, the Hungarian Mária Magdolna Bódi, not only among the Blessed—the step prior to being proclaimed a saint—but also as a martyr of the Church. The beatification was officially carried out on Saturday, the day before the Pontiff canonized Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis in St. Peter’s Square. Archbishop György Udvardy of Veszprém expressed his gratitude for the Pope’s …

The Catholic Church's 1st millennial saint was a teen who liked video games and computers

The Catholic Church has just canonized its first saint who wore sneakers, played video games and used computer programming languages to spread the gospel.

The many mothers of St. Carlo Acutis

Pope Leo XIV raised to the altars Saint Carlo Acutis on September 8 along with Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati.In his homily Sunday , the pope highlighted the Acutis family’s role in Saint Carlo’s growth in the faith, saying that “Carlo… encountered Jesus in his family, thanks to his parents, Andrea and Antonia… and then at school, and above all in the sacraments celebrated in the parish community.”A group from the Carlo Acutis’ oratory in the Regin…

Pope Leo names first millennial saint: What to know about the Catholic teen dubbed ‘God’s influencer’

Pope Leo XIV canonized the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint over the weekend, a teen computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006 at age 15 and had used technology to spread his faith, earning him the nickname “God’s influencer,” according to The Associated Press. Some 80,000 worshippers filled St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Sunday to see the canonization of Carlo Acutis, including many millennials and young children with their parents, The…

Millennial saint canonized at Vatican

In the Vatican, a teenage online influencer has been declared the Roman Catholic Church's newest saint.