Saint Carlo Acutis
WHO IS SAINT CARLO ACUTIS?
Saint Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager and millennial, died on October 12, 2006 when he was fifteen years old of promyelocytic leukemia (APL).
Born in 1991, the same year the World Wide Web was launched and its prodigy, a digital world-wide information revolution with URLs, HTML, and HTTP, Saint Carlo became conversant with the new technology at an early age acquiring all essential skills about website design, computer programming, and devices/systems connectivity. With these skills, Saint Carlo computerized his Eucharistic Miracles Exhibition broadcasting it throughout the world to make all aware of the supernatural reality of “miracles” and God’s presence on earth in the holy Eucharist – in his words:
“In the Eucharist, Jesus is really present with his Body, his Blood, his Soul and his Divinity, and it is not a symbol.”
The Beatification of Carlo Acutis, a step before Sainthood, was declared and celebrated by Cardinal
Agostino Vallini at Mass in Assisi, Italy on October 10, 2020:
Carlo Acutis declared Blessed on October 20, 2020 at Basilica of St, Francis of Assisi, Assisi, Italy
The Cardinal pointed to Carlo Acutis’ life choices, demeanor, character, traits, and priorities warranting beatification. Among them, he stated:
- Carlo’s putting God in the first place, in life’s large and small circumstances, and serving brothers and sisters, especially the least;
- Carlo’s life is an example, particularly for young people, not to seek gratification only in ephemeral success, but in the perennial values that Jesus suggests in the Gospel;
- Carlo’s “strength” was in having a personal, intimate and deep relationship with Jesus [and] in making the Eucharist the loftiest moment of his relationship with God;
- Carlo was an average, simple, spontaneous, likable young man — suffice it to look at his photograph;
- Carlo loved nature and animals, played soccer [and loved swimming and hiking]. Always giving witness to his faith, he had many friends his age and beyond [who hung with];
- Carlo was attracted to modern means of social communication, was passionate about information technology and taught himself how to build media to transmit the Gospel, to communicate values and beauty;
- Carlo had an extraordinary ability to give witness to the values he believed in, even at the cost of facing misunderstandings, obstacles and at times even being derided;
- Carlo felt a powerful need to help people discover that God is near to us and that it is beautiful to be with Him to enjoy His friendship and His grace.
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Carlo was canonized a saint on September 7, 2025.
Carlo Acutis to be declared a SAINT! A touching new miracle from "God's Influencer"!
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"Mother of Soon-to-Be Blessed Carlo Acutis: Jesus Was His First Priority"
