Cardinal Parolin on Saint Carlo Acutis: Many ‘Touched by His Smile’ When They See His Photo

Cardinal Parolin on St. Carlo Acutis: Many ‘touched by his smile’ when they see his photo

Cardinal Parolin on St. Carlo Acutis: Many ‘are touched by his smile’

Cardinal Pietro Parolin greets the parents of St. Carlo Acutis before Mass at Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi, Italy, on Oct. 12, 2025. / Credit: Diocese of Assisi ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 13, 2025 / 16:13 pm (CNA). In a Mass marking the first liturgical memorial of St. Carlo Acutis, who was canonized by Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 7, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin on Sunday said the saint spoke of Jesus with a “radiant” and …

Cardinal Parolin on Saint Carlo Acutis: Many ‘Touched by His Smile’ When They See His Photo

Cardinal Pietro Parolin greets the parents of St. Carlo Acutis, Antonia and Andrea Acutis, before Mass at the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi, Italy, on Oct. 12, 2025. ‘Carlo is a new pearl of this city of saints and a great gift for the Church: May his witness bear abundant fruits of holiness among young people,’ the cardinal said at a feast-day Mass attended by the parents of the first millennial saint.