Carlo Acutis and the 21st century popes

Carlo Acutis and the 21st century popes

Carlo Acutis. / Credit: carloacutis.com Vatican City, Apr 27, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The unexpected death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, April 21, postponed the much-anticipated canonization of Carlo Acutis, the Italian teenager who captivated a generation of young Catholics with his love of the Eucharist and passion for technology.Now, as the Church prepares for a conclave to elect a new pope, tens of thousands of young pilgrims who traveled…

Blessed Carlo’s life plan: ‘To always be close to Jesus’

Pope Francis recognized May 23, 2024, the second miracle needed for the canonization of Italian Blessed Carlo Acutis, who died

Carlo Acutis on Cultivating a Saintly Disposition

Carlo never compared himself with others, not because he considered himself better than others like an arrogant person, but because he was simple, modest, and preferred to keep a low profile, not wanting in any way to make a show of himself. He once told us, “Why diminish the light of others to make your own shine brighter?” This expression revealed how far he was from jealousy. In his first year in high school, he received a 9 out of 10 on an e…

Carlo Acutis and the four popes

By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Apr 27, 2025 / 08:00 am The unexpected death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, April 21, postponed the much-anticipated canonization of Carlo Acutis, the Italian teenager who captivated a generation of young Catholics with his love of the Eucharist and passion for technology. Now, as the Church prepares for a conclave to elect a new pope, tens of thousands of young pilgrims who traveled to Rome for the canonizatio…

In Italy, many Catholics worship a teenager, who died in 2006 at the age of 15 years of staggering leukemia.