The Catholic church will soon have its first millennial saint, a young man who became known as “God’s influencer” after his death at the age of 15.and the College of Cardinals voted to approve the canonization of Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, who passed away from leukemia in 2006.Born in London, England, on May 3, 1991, and raised in Italy, Acutis will be the first person born in the millennial age bracket to be recognized as a saint.
Acutis was posthumously credited with interceding in two miracles, feats which are required by Catholic doctrine to attain sainthood.diagnosed with an annular pancreas, a rare congenital disease, after the boy’s mother had him kiss a piece of cloth which once belonged to the devout teen.A tapestry featuring a portrait of Carlo Acutis hangs at the St. Francis Basilica in Assisi, Italy, during a beatification ceremony in October 2020.
The day she prayed to Acutis, her daughter began breathing on her own. One day after, she regained her ability to walk.