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Carlo Acutis: Italian teenager could be first millennial saint
Source: BBC
Carlo Acutis: Italian teenager could be first millennial saint
12 October 2020
An Italian teenager who used the internet to spread his faith is on a path to becoming the Catholic Church's first millennial saint.
Carlo Acutis, who died of leukaemia in 2006 aged 15, has already been dubbed "the patron saint of the internet".
On Saturday, he was beatified at a ceremony in the town of Assisi and moved one step closer to sainthood.
The teenager recorded purported miracles online and helped run websites for Catholic organisations.
Acutis was placed on the path to sainthood after the Vatican ruled he had miraculously saved another boy's life.
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12 October 2020
An Italian teenager who used the internet to spread his faith is on a path to becoming the Catholic Church's first millennial saint.
Carlo Acutis, who died of leukaemia in 2006 aged 15, has already been dubbed "the patron saint of the internet".
On Saturday, he was beatified at a ceremony in the town of Assisi and moved one step closer to sainthood.
The teenager recorded purported miracles online and helped run websites for Catholic organisations.
Acutis was placed on the path to sainthood after the Vatican ruled he had miraculously saved another boy's life.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54507064
Carlo Acutis's parents attended their son's beatification ceremony on Saturday (PA Media)
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Source: The Guardian
Beatified millennial: Pope sets late tech whiz on path to sainthood
Carlo Acutis helped spread Catholic teaching online before his death aged 15 in 2006
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
Mon 12 Oct 2020 17.58 BST
Pope Francis said the beatification of an Italian computer whiz-kid was a sign to young people that “true happiness comes from putting God first”.
Carlo Acutis, who is on a path to sainthood after being beatified in the Umbrian town of Assisi, helped spread Roman Catholic teaching online before his death from leukaemia aged 15 in 2006. He is the youngest contemporary person to be beatified.
Francis called for a round of applause for the “newly beatified millennial” during his Angelus on Sunday. “His testimony shows today’s young people that true happiness is found by putting God first and serving people, especially among the poorest in society.”
Acutis was born in London before moving to Milan with his Italian parents, Andrea Acutis and Antonia Salzano, as a child. He started to show signs of deep religious devotion in his early childhood. Salzano told the newspaper Corriere della Sera that from the age of three he would ask to visit churches they passed in Milan. He would also donate his pocket money to poor people in the city.
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Carlo Acutis helped spread Catholic teaching online before his death aged 15 in 2006
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
Mon 12 Oct 2020 17.58 BST
Pope Francis said the beatification of an Italian computer whiz-kid was a sign to young people that “true happiness comes from putting God first”.
Carlo Acutis, who is on a path to sainthood after being beatified in the Umbrian town of Assisi, helped spread Roman Catholic teaching online before his death from leukaemia aged 15 in 2006. He is the youngest contemporary person to be beatified.
Francis called for a round of applause for the “newly beatified millennial” during his Angelus on Sunday. “His testimony shows today’s young people that true happiness is found by putting God first and serving people, especially among the poorest in society.”
Acutis was born in London before moving to Milan with his Italian parents, Andrea Acutis and Antonia Salzano, as a child. He started to show signs of deep religious devotion in his early childhood. Salzano told the newspaper Corriere della Sera that from the age of three he would ask to visit churches they passed in Milan. He would also donate his pocket money to poor people in the city.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/12/beatified-millennial-pope-sets-late-tech-whiz-on-path-to-sainthood