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Pope Leo XIV officially declares Italian teen Carlo Acutis a saint
Pope Leo XIV officially declared Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, in a solemn ceremony at the Vatican on September 7, 2025.
Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15, was known as the 'cyber-apostle' and 'God's Influencer' for spreading the faith online.
His body is displayed in a glass-walled tomb in Assisi, dressed in casual attire.
Tens of thousands of pilgrims, many of them young people, gathered at St. Peter's Square for the canonization mass.
Italian Pier Giorgio Frassati was also made a saint on the same day.
Pope Leo XIV stated that the new saints serve as an invitation, especially to young people, to live meaningful lives.
The canonization ceremony had been postponed from April due to the death of Pope Francis.
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