Episode 3050
Carlo Acutis
Mon, 2025-Sep-08 02:02 UTC
Length - 2:08
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With 511,765 views on Sunday, 7 September 2025 our article of the day is Carlo Acutis.
Carlo Acutis (3 May 1991 – 12 October 2006) was an English-born Italian teenager known for his devotion to the Eucharist and his use of digital media to promote Catholic devotion. Born in London and raised in Milan, he developed an early interest in computers and video games, teaching himself programming and web design and assisting his parish and school with digital projects.
Active in parish life, he served as a catechist and helped inspire several people to convert to Catholicism. He later created a website documenting Eucharistic miracles and Marian apparitions. He was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukaemia and died at the age of fifteen. Since his death, his relics have been displayed in Assisi and his exhibitions on Eucharistic miracles have travelled worldwide.
In 2020, he was beatified by the Catholic Church after the recognition of a proposed 2013 miracle in Brazil attributed to his intercession, while a second miracle in Costa Rica was confirmed in 2024. Acutis is regarded as a model for young believers and was canonised as a saint on 7 September 2025, alongside Pier Giorgio Frassati. Acutis has been referred to as the "patron saint of the Internet", "God's Influencer" and the "first millennial saint".
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