The story
A boy who died at the age of 15 has been made a saint by the Catholic Church.
Carlo Acutis died in 2006 from leukaemia. He became interested in Catholicism as a child and showed an interest in helping others.
He was a keen gamer who was interested in computers, and had created websites to document religious miracles and helped run pages for Catholic organisations.
News headlines
Carlo Acutis, nicknamed ‘God’s influencer’, becomes the first ‘millennial’ saint
CNN
Pope Leo XIV declares teen computer whiz Carlo Acutis the first millennial saint
ABC News, USA
Carlo and the call to evangelise in the digital age
OSV News
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