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. Carlo, who died of leukaemia, built websites to spread Catholic teaching, earning him the nickname 'God’s influencer' Carlo Acutis, ‘God’s influencer’ who died aged 15, declared a saint by Pope Leo
Late teenage coder made first millennial Catholic saint by Pope Leo at Vatican
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. Carlo, who died of leukaemia, built websites to spread Catholic teaching, earning him the nickname 'God’s influencer' Carlo Acutis, ‘God’s influencer’ who died aged 15, declared a saint by Pope Leo