Carlo Acutis, ‘God’s influencer’ who died aged 15, declared a saint by Pope Leo

<p>London-born Italian, who died in 2006, built websites to spread Catholic teaching and is credited with two miracles</p><p>Pope Leo XIV has declared the London-born Italian Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 age 15, the Catholic church’s first millennial saint during an open-air mass in a packed St Peter’s Square.</p><p>Carlo, who died of leukaemia, built websites to spread Catholic teaching, earning him the nickname “God’s influencer”. He was canonised alongside Pier Giorgio Frassati, another young Catholic activist, who died a century ago.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/07/pope-leo-xiv-declares-15-year-old-computer-whiz-carlo-acutis-gods-influencer-saint">Continue reading...</a>