Saint Carlo Acutis

Carlo Acutis, born on May 3, 1991, will be the first millennial to be made a saint by the Catholic Church.

Acutis died of leukemia in 2006 when he was just 15. But before then, he had an eventful life:

Carlo was born in London to Italian parents and moved with his family to Milan when he was a child. His passion for Catholicism bloomed early, his mother, Antonia Acutis, told The New York Times in an interview in 2020. From age 3, he would ask to visit churches they passed in Milan, and by age 7, he had asked to receive the sacrament of Holy Communion, showing exceptional devotion and understanding for his age, which led to him receiving it at the earliest allowable age. His faith inspired his irreligious mother to rejoin the church, she said.

He felt called to serve, finding ways to help those less fortunate and donating to the homeless, she added. In the months before his death, Carlo used his self-taught digital skills to create a website archiving miracles and managed websites for some local Catholic organizations.

After he died, Ms. Acutis told The Times that people from all over the world had shared stories of medical miracles, including cures for infertility and cancer, that they believed happened after praying to her son.

Carlo’s journey to canonization began in 2020 after the Diocese of Assisi, where…