Diocesan Youth Find Inspiration in Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati

Bishop sends message to young people ahead of Acutis canonization

Carlo Acutis. / Credit: carloacutis.com ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 6, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Domenico Sorrentino, the bishop of Assisi, Italy, where the remains of Blessed Carlo Acutis rest, sent a message of encouragement to young people just prior to Pope Leo XIV’s declaring Acutis a saint of the Catholic Church along with another young Italian, Pier Giorgio Frassati.“Dear faithful and most beloved young people, let yourselves be guided by Carlo, f…

Diocesan Youth Find Inspiration in Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati

Gilbert Perez Moronta, Daniella López, and Luis Sanchez say they draw strength and inspiration from the example of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. (Photos: Jessica Meditz) FOREST HILLS — When Daniella López set out for Rome in late April, her pilgrimage was supposed to be a joyful witness to the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis.   Like Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, Daniella López embraces her faith as a youn…

Ep. 227: What is your horizon?

Ed is joined this week by Pillar columnist Stephen White to look ahead to this weekend’s canonizations of Bls. Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis. They also talk about examples of integrated masculinity and the impact of wonder. Subscribe nowThis episode is sponsored by Pillar listener Heath."Lesly, happy anniversary (and birthday), from Heath."

Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati: Church’s young, ‘ordinary’ holy patrons

Blessed Carlo Acutis (left) and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. / Credit: Diocese of Assisi/Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Sep 5, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Sept. 7 canonizations of Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frass... [...]

Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati: Church’s Young, ‘Ordinary’ Holy Patrons

Diocese of Assisi Blessed Carlo Acutis (left) and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. Acutis and Frassati were selected as patrons of WYD and, through these annual gatherings, devotion to these two blesseds have spread far and wide.