Carlo Acutis, the Italian teenager known as "God's Influencer," will be officially canonized as a saint on September 7, 2025.
Pope Leo XIV announced on Friday, June 13, the new date during a meeting with cardinals.
Carlo was originally scheduled to be canonized on April 27 of this year, but the ceremony was postponed following the death of Pope Francis.
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The upcoming ceremony will also see the canonization of Pier Giorgio Frassati, another young Catholic faithful who died at 24 in 1925 in Turin, Italy.
Pope John Paul beatified Pier on May 20, 1990, but it took 35 years for the mining engineer to enter sainthood.
CARLO ACUTIS: FROM VIDEOGAMES TO SAINTHOOD
Born on May 3, 1991, in London, England, to Italian parents, Carlo showed an interest in the Catholic faith and its practices at a young age.
Notably, Carlo was interested in knowing the lives of saints and their journey to sainthood.
Yet Carlo was much like any other teenager, and many of his friends and acquaintances had no idea of the depth of his religious faith.
If anything, they remember him as someone who loved video games, enjoyed socializing with peers, and was highly skilled in computers and programming.
At a certain point, he utilized his programming knowledge to create a website designed to catalogue Eucharistic miracles around the world, including the recognized Marian apparitions.
Carlo also took part in outreach activities and dedicated time to teaching Catechism.
In 2006, Carlo was diagnosed with leukemia and given a slim chance of recovery.
After spending days in the hospital undergoing medical procedures, Carlo succumbed to his disease on October 12, 2006.
He was 15 years old.
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JOURNEY TO SAINTHOOD
Carlo was beatified in a ceremony on October 10, 2020, by Pope Francis, who recognized a miracle attributed to the late teenager's intercession.
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A young boy from Brazil named Mattheus was reportedly healed from a pancreatic disorder after his mother, Luciana Vianna, prayed and sought Carlo’s intercession.
The Catholic Church attributed another miracle to Carlo.
In 2022, a woman from Costa Rica named Valeria sustained a serious brain hemorrhage after a biking accident, and doctors believed her chances of survival were minimal.
Her mother, Lilliana, turned to Carlo in prayer and made a pilgrimage to his tomb in Assisi, Italy.
Remarkably, Valeria began breathing on her own that same day and was walking by the next, with no trace of the hemorrhage remaining.
That miracle solidified Carlo’s case for sainthood, and his upcoming canonization in September will make him the Catholic Church’s first millennial-era saint—an inspiration to young and future generations of Catholics looking for someone both relatable and worthy of emulation.