Who was Carlos Acutis, the Catholic Church's first millennial saint?

Pope Leo has canonized Carlos Acutis, the first saint of the millennial generation. The pontiff addressed a large crowd at the ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica. Carlo Acutis died of leukemia in 2006, aged 15. He had set up a website to document miracles. After his death, two people claimed miraculous recoveries after praying for his intercession, starting the process toward his sainthood.

Chapter Breakdown:
0:00 Who was Carlos Acutis?
2:46 Bernd Riegert, DW Religious Affairs Correspondent, on the Church canonizing two individuals
6:40 Massimo Faggioli, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Dublin, on how the Church is seeking to draw young people to Catholicism with its canonization of "God's influencer"
9:56 Why did Acutis reached sainthood so quickly after his death?

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Post from DW News on September 07, 2025

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