first millennial saint15-year-old computer whiz Carlo Acutis

 

 

AT A Catholic school in Pope Leo XIV’s hometown, fifth graders read comic books about Carlo Acutis’ life titled “Digital Disciple.” In the lead-up to Acutis’ canonisation on Sunday, it’s all Acutis, all the time at the Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish and school in Chicago. The parish was the first in the United States to take its name from Acutis, who died in 2006 at age 15 and is about to become history’s first millennial saint. Acutis was born on May 3, 1991, in London. In October 2006, at age 15, he fell ill with what was quickly diagnosed as acute leukaemia. Within days, he was dead. In a remarkably quick process, Acutis was beatified in 2020, and last year, Francis approved the second miracle needed for him to be made a saint.