The story of Mattheus, the boy who prayed for Carlo Acutis' intercession. Mattheus (left) holds a photo of Carlo Acutis (right), whose prayers are attributed with the boy's healing. (photo: Courtesy ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a low-definition video, sitting behind a desk in front of a blue, plain backdrop, the 15-year-old Carlo Acutis looks straight into the camera: “I am destined to die,” he says, ...

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Pope Leo declared 15-year-old Carlo Acutis a saint on Sunday, Sept. 7, the first such ceremony of his tenure, canonizing the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation, elevating him to the ...

Carlo Acutis, a teenage computer whiz from Milan, will be canonized Sunday, becoming the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint. His story has inspired a new generation of believers and has led to a ...

Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who designed a website documenting various Eucharistic miracles and led a faithful life before his death at age 15, will be canonized, the Vatican announced on Monday ...

OLYPHANT — As parishioners of St. Patrick’s Church gathered Sunday to celebrate the canonization of the parish’s patron St. Carlo Acutis, the story of the 15-year-old who succumbed to acute leukemia ...