"In a see-through safe carved into a wall behind the altar of a chapel in northern Rome lies a collection of relics of Carlo Acutis. These include a splinter from his wooden bed, a fragment of a jumper and a piece of the sheet used to cover him after his death. Locks of his hair are on display in other churches in the Italian capital and beyond."
"Acutis, the London-born Italian who on Sunday will become the Catholic church's first millennial saint, built websites to spread Catholic teaching, earning him the nickname God's Influencer after his death, aged 15, from leukaemia. Shrines such as this form part of an ancient ritual bestowed upon the church's highest-ranking dead and will provide believers with tangible reminders of his life. Minuscule though the relics at Sant'Angela Merici are, Danilo Spagnoletti, the parish priest, believes they help instil courage in pilgrims."
Carlo Acutis's physical relics are displayed across churches and shrines, including a see-through safe at Sant'Angela Merici containing a splinter of his bed, clothing fragments and sheets. Locks of his hair and other items are exhibited in Rome and beyond, while his body lies in Assisi behind glass, dressed in casual clothes, and his heart rests in a gold casket at San Rufino cathedral. Acutis built websites to spread Catholic teaching and gained the nickname God's Influencer before dying of leukaemia at 15. His upcoming canonisation alongside Pier Giorgio Frassati is drawing thousands of pilgrims and inspiring young Catholics.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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