A new animated movie depicting the life of Carlo Acutis will be released on Sept. 7 — the same day the young boy, beloved by Catholics around the world, will be declared a saint by the Catholic Church ...

An Italian teenager who liked playing video games and making funny films of his pets became the Catholic Church’s first “millennial” saint on Sunday. Carlo Acutis, who was just 15 when he died from ...

If you look up St. Carlo Acutis in Britannica, he is described by the encyclopedic source as an "English-born Italian computer programmer." True enough. But how did Acutis go from being a 15-year-old ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a low-definition video, sitting behind a desk in front of a blue, plain backdrop, the 15-year-old Carlo Acutis looks straight into the camera: “I am destined to die,” he says, ...

Carlo Acutis was set to be canonized just after Easter this year, but the sudden death of Pope Francis delayed the historic moment. Now, on Sept. 7, the teenager known as "God’s influencer" will ...

The unexpected death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, April 21, postponed the much-anticipated canonization of Carlo Acutis, the Italian teenager who captivated a generation of young Catholics with ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Friday set Sept. 7 as the rescheduled date to canonize the Catholic Church’s first millennial-era saint Carlo Acutis. Leo made the announcement during a meeting of ...

‘Both Carlo and Pier Giorgio [Frassati] shared a love for the Eucharist, a love for the poor, and a love for the Virgin Mary. ... These two are models that we need in this particular moment for the ...

During the last few years, there has been an explosion of schools, shrines and projects named after and inspired by Carlo Acutis — who will be canonized on April 27 — around the world. Did you know ...