"Acutis was born on May 3, 1991, in London to a wealthy but not particularly observant Catholic family. They moved back to Milan soon after he was born and he enjoyed a typical, happy childhood, albeit marked by increasingly intense religious devotion. Acutis was particularly interested in computer science and devoured college-level books on programming even as a youngster. He earned the nickname "God's Influencer," thanks to his main tech legacy: a multilingual website documenting so-called Eucharistic miracles recognized by the church."
"Pope Leo XIV declared a 15-year-old computer whiz the Catholic Church's first millennial saint Sunday, giving the next generation of Catholics a relatable role model who used technology to spread the faith and earn the nickname "God's influencer." Leo canonized Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006, during an open-air Mass in St. Peter's Square before an estimated 80,000 people, many of them millennials and couples with young children."
The Catholic Church canonized Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati during an open-air Mass in St. Peter's Square attended by an estimated 80,000 people, many millennials and young families. Acutis, born in 1991 in London and raised in Milan, combined deep Eucharistic devotion with advanced computer skills. He created a multilingual website documenting Eucharistic miracles, earning the nickname "God's Influencer." He spent hours in prayer before the Eucharist and limited video games to an hour weekly. The canonizations were presented as invitations for young people to dedicate their lives to God and to promote Eucharistic adoration amid doubts about real presence.
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