"An Italian teenager who died of leukaemia in 2006 at the age of 15 was on Sunday proclaimed a saint of the Catholic Church, becoming the first millennial to be canonized. London-born Carlo Acutis, dubbed "God's influencer" due to his use of the internet and social media to spread the faith during his short lifetime, was canonized by Pope Leo XIV in a ceremony in St Peter's Square attended by tens of thousands of people, including his family."
"Pier Giorgio Frassati, a young Italian mountaineering enthusiast who passed away from polio in 1925, aged 24, was also made a saint. "Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis are an invitation to all of us, especially young people, not to squander our lives, but to direct them upwards and make them masterpieces," Pope Leo said in his homily, in front of tapestries displayed on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica showing images of both young men."
"Despite his family not being particularly religious, the young man became a devout Catholic, attending mass daily and developing a reputation for kindness, standing up for bullied children and bringing food and sleeping bags to homeless people. But other aspects of his life were less traditional. A keen gamer, Acutis taught himself basic coding and used his skills to document miracles and other elements of the Catholic faith online."
Carlo Acutis was born in London in 1991, raised in Milan, and died of leukaemia in 2006 at age 15 before being proclaimed a saint, the first millennial to be canonized. The canonization ceremony in St Peter's Square drew tens of thousands of attendees, including his family, and occurred alongside the canonization of Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died of polio in 1925. Pope Leo praised both young men as examples for youth to devote their lives upward and to love and offer themselves to God. Acutis used gaming, self-taught coding and social media to document miracles and spread the Catholic faith, and his preserved body lies in an Assisi tomb that attracts many pilgrims.
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