Pope Franciszek announced plans on Wednesday for canonization of a teenage web designerwho documented miracles online and used his technical skills to maintain the websites of local Catholic organizations, NBC News reports.
Vatican. Carlo Acutis will be the new saint
Vatican he conveyed that Carlo Acutis will be canonized during Jubilee of School Youthwhich will take place on April 25-27.
Carlo Acutis was born in London into an Italian family. The teenager was a web designer who died in Italy in 2006 at the age of 15. The boy was struggling with leukemia.
Vatican. There will be a new saint. Who was Carlo Acutis?
Acutis, called “I will influence Boga” and “patron saint of the Internet”was beatified in 2020 after the Church recognized one, performed through his intercession, cud. In May, Pope Francis assigned him another one. The Church does not provide details of these events, although healing, inexplicable from a medical point of view, is most often hailed as a miracle.
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The teenager is going to stay the youngest contemporary saint of the Church.
Pope Francis also announced that on July 28-August 3 – when the World Youth Day – canonizes another young person. Italian Pier Giorgio Frassati he became famous for helping those in need and died of polio in the 1920s.