Pope Leo XIV on Friday set Sept. 7 as the rescheduled date to canonize the Catholic Church’s first millennial-era saint, Carlo Acutis, in what is expected to be Leo's first saint-making ceremony as ...

Pope Leo XIV is set to preside over the canonization of Carlo Acutis, who will become the first millennial saint on Sunday, Sept. 7. Acutis died of leukemia nearly two decades ago at just 15 years old ...

Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 after being diagnosed with leukemia, will one of the first people canonized by Pope Leo XIV Independent Photo Agency Srl / Alamy Stock Photo Carlo Acutis is poised to ...

Pope Leo will canonize Blessed Carlo Acutis on Sept. 7 − the first such ceremony of his tenure and the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation – elevating him to the same level as Mother ...

Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 after being diagnosed with leukemia, will be one of the first canonized by Pope Leo XIV Gabrielle Rockson is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and ...

They lived a century apart. One climbed Alpine peaks; the other coded websites. One served the poor of post-war Turin; the other evangelized from a laptop in Milan. But on Sept. 7, two young men from ...

Two new saints will be canonized on Sunday in Rome — including the first-ever millennial saint. The joint ceremony will be broadcast on Eternal Word Television Network [EWTN] and Vatican News channels ...

During the last few years, there has been an explosion of schools, shrines and projects named after and inspired by Carlo Acutis — who will be canonized on April 27 — around the world. Did you know ...