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Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate the newest named Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint. He will be canonized on April 27. Carlo is like the kids," said Maria Rosario Riccio, a mother and educator who was visiting Acutis' shrine recently with a 50-strong parish youth group from southern Italy. "He's a near-saint of our time, who can show teens that it's possible to love Jesus while being a regular youth."
Both the church and his family describe Acutis as an exceptionally devout but otherwise regular Italian boy, who's working miracles after his untimely death precisely by drawing youth to faith when most of his contemporaries are abandoning organized religion. Carlo wasn't an alien, he was a normal person. But if it's illuminated by the light of Christ, a life becomes extraordinary," his mom, Antonia Salzano Acutis, told The Associated Press. "We always pray to the saints, and in the end, what did saints do? They opened the doors of their lives to Christ.
Acutis often helped the homeless and was uninterested in the trappings common for a wealthy child in Milan, one of Europe's fashion and business capitals. He asked his parents to donate to the poor what they would have spent for a second pair of sneakers for him, and insisted he wanted to teach catechism at his parish instead of going on skiing holidays at fancy resorts like his peers. It was not mentioned on the report his age he died and the cause of is death. When Carlo was very sick, he was not afraid to die and was ready to meet Jesus and Mary . He is a blessed young guy, religious, kind and a true symbol and inspiration for the youths. He performed miracles.
Report Source: NCR-The Leader in Vatican News
Both the church and his family describe Acutis as an exceptionally devout but otherwise regular Italian boy, who's working miracles after his untimely death precisely by drawing youth to faith when most of his contemporaries are abandoning organized religion. Carlo wasn't an alien, he was a normal person. But if it's illuminated by the light of Christ, a life becomes extraordinary," his mom, Antonia Salzano Acutis, told The Associated Press. "We always pray to the saints, and in the end, what did saints do? They opened the doors of their lives to Christ.
Acutis often helped the homeless and was uninterested in the trappings common for a wealthy child in Milan, one of Europe's fashion and business capitals. He asked his parents to donate to the poor what they would have spent for a second pair of sneakers for him, and insisted he wanted to teach catechism at his parish instead of going on skiing holidays at fancy resorts like his peers. It was not mentioned on the report his age he died and the cause of is death. When Carlo was very sick, he was not afraid to die and was ready to meet Jesus and Mary . He is a blessed young guy, religious, kind and a true symbol and inspiration for the youths. He performed miracles.
Report Source: NCR-The Leader in Vatican News
