An Italian teenager will be the first saint canonized in the millennium by the Catholic Church, Pope Francis announced at his weekly audience at the Vatican on Wednesday.
Carlo Akutis, 15, who died of leukemia, will be canonized in April after being beatified in 2020. The church recognized two miracles performed by the deceased in 2006. young man
The teenager, who has been dubbed “God’s influencer”, was a devout Catholic and used his computer coding skills to create a website detailing Catholic miracles and visions. His body wrapped in wax, wearing jeans and sneakers, is on display in a tomb in Assisi, Politico writes.
