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 ...

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 ...

ASSISI, Italy — To his mom, he was “a normal kid,” but on Sunday, Carlo Acutis will become the first millennial saint at a solemn canonization Mass held by Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square outside ...

I vividly remember sitting in the adoration chapel, contemplating the upcoming journey to Milan, Italy, for the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis. If that doesn’t make sense — it’s because it never ...

VATICAN CITY, — More than 80,000 people packed St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Sept. 7, as Pope Leo declared Carlo Acutis a saint, making him the first millennial ever canonized by the Catholic Church.

‘Carlo is a new pearl of this city of saints and a great gift for the Church: May his witness bear abundant fruits of holiness among young people,’ the cardinal said at a feast-day Mass attended by ...

The Umbrian hill town boasts an abundance of medieval art and architecture but for many visitors, the real draw is the chance ...

Known to many as "God's influencer," Carlo Acutis will become the first millennial to attain sainthood in the Catholic Church on Sunday, Sept. 7 Acutis died in 2006 at the age of 15 after being ...

Informally known as the “God's influencer” Carlo was just 15 when he died of acute promyelocytic leukemia in Milan in 2006 and has two miracles attributed to him by the Catholic Church. Being made a ...

In the silence of St. Mary Major Church in this central Italian hill town, a tour group of Polish teenagers files past a glass-sided tomb to look in on a child of their own age. His face and hands are ...