People pray in front of the body of Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia and beatified in 2020, in the Santa Maria Maggiore church in Assisi, Italy, Wednesday, April 2, ...

Back in 2009, Italian Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino, bishop of Assisi, saw that the pastor of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore had put up a picture of Carlo Acutis, a late devout Catholic and ...

By choosing to highlight Carlo, whose life was relatively short and simple in comparison with his fellow saints, the series ...

Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish will hold its annual Family Festival at St. Anthony of Padua Church and hall at 215 Rebecca St., Throop, on Saturday and Sunday. The parish formed on July 1 when Blessed ...

The production engaged children in every aspect — from acting and set changes to managing props. And the impact went far beyond the performance. The play, “Highway to Heaven,” was performed Oct. 12, ...

A new statue depicting Blessed Carlo Acutis is a message that conveys to the world that the Catholic Church is not an old institution but a young and vibrant church with a relevant message for today's ...

An Italian teen — Carlo Acutis, who was 15 when he died of leukemia in 2006 — is poised to become the first millennial saint. The new pontiff, Pope Leo XIV (the American previously known as Cardinal ...

CHICAGO (AP) — At a Catholic school in Pope Leo XIV’s hometown, fifth graders read comic books about Carlo Acutis’ life entitled “Digital Disciple.” They draw pictures of what the teenage Italian ...

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 ...

The Vatican announced Friday that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young Catholics beloved for their vibrant faith and witness to holiness, will be canonized together on ...