“Santo Millennial” who made a miracle in Brazil is canonized by Leo XIV

Thousands of faithful participated on Sunday (7), in the Vatican, the canonization ceremony of Carlo Acutis, chaired by Pope Leo XIV. The young Italian, who died in 2006, became the first millennial to be officially declared Saint by the Catholic Church, after the confirmation of the miracles attributed to him, including one in Brazil.

Thousands of faithful participated on Sunday (7), in the Vatican, the canonization ceremony of Carlo Acutis, chaired by Pope Leo XIV. The young Italian, who died in 2006, became the first millennial to be officially declared Saint by the Catholic Church, after the confirmation of the miracles attributed to him, including one in Brazil.

Gina Marques, correspondent RFI in the Vatican.

During a solemn mass, the American Pope pronounced the Latin formula that confirmed the canonization of Carlo Acutis and the student Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901-1925), received with applause from the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square.

The celebration had a special meaning: marked the first canonizations of the pontificate of Leo XIV and consecrated Carlo Acutis as a saint, the youngest blessed of modern times. Known as “St. Millennial”, “patron of the Internet” and even “influencers of God”, Acutis was a teenager passionate about technology and deeply devoted.

Carlo died at the age of 15, victim of leukemia in 2006. His first miracle recognized by the church took place in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do sul. In 2013, the three -year -old boy Matheus Vianna was diagnosed with the cancellation -a rare congenital malformation. After playing a relic of Acutis, Matheus took it inexplicably.

A second miracle, also validated by the Vatican, involved the cure of Valéria Valverde, a young woman from Costa Rica residing in Florence, in Italy.

In addition to Carlo Acutis, another young Italian was canonized at the same ceremony: Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died in 1925 at 24 years. Frassati dedicated his life to social justice and charity.

The canonization of both reflects the intention of the Catholic Church to approach young people, who are more easily identified with modern life than the austere daily life of the martyrs of the Middle Ages.

Source: Terra

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