'Roadmap to Reality': How Carlo Acutis Made Me Rethink Sainthood

After having conquered the American audience, the documentary "Carlo Acutis" is also streamed. The way to the real "Moriarty." Directed by Tim Moriarty, the film tells the story of the young Milanese patron of the Internet, already blessed and soon Holy, who died only 15 years ago for a fulminating leukemia. "For Carlo Acutis, the Eucharist is not a symbol, but the beating heart of the real. It is there that God makes himself present, in the con…

'Roadmap to Reality': How Carlo Acutis made me rethink sainthood

“The only thing we have to ask God for, in prayer, is the desire to be holy.” When I first heard these words of Blessed Carlo Acutis, I was struck by how simple and approachable holiness suddenly felt. As this Italian teenager exemplified, being faithful and striving for sainthood do not depend on perfection or grand achievements — they are about opening our hearts to God’s grace.  I first encountered Carlo Acutis in 2021 during my freshman year…