Blessed Carlo Acutis

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Carlo Acutis: Fearless and Faith-Filled

My heart breaks for young people today who first encounter the world through an app.

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Pray for the Mother of Carlo Acutis

When Carlo Acutis first came onto our radars, my first impression was not jubilation that millennials finally would have a saint to call their own.
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Blessed Carlo Acutis stands near his computer in a scene from a stop-motion animation Lego-Carlo Acutis film made by three brothers in County Limerick, Ireland, and released in mind-May 2025 on their YouTube channel, Fiontar Floinn. To the right in the background is a photo of Carlo (1996-2006).

Inspired by soon-to-be-saint, Irish teens create animated Lego-Carlo Acutis film

In rural Limerick, three teenage brothers are turning Lego into a tool for evangelization as Blessed Carlo Acutis continues to inspire a new generation of digital evangelists.
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Carlo Acutis: ‘Thy Eternal Summer Shall Not Fade’ 

When I think about Carlo Acutis, like everybody, I think of his youth. And that inevitably makes me think of my own teen years. The summer before my senior year of high school, Pete, a classmate of mine, was killed ...
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Photos of Blessed Carlo Acutis

A Mother’s Loss, Our Gain 

If you ask any mother what her biggest fear is, the answer is probably going to be something bad happening to her child.
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St. Carlo Acutis: Pray for Us!

In his short 15 years, Carlo Acutis lived boldly and loved loudly. Our first Millennial saint can teach us how to follow God with humble steps.
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A pilgrimage touches the reliquary containing a relic of the heart of Blessed Carlo Acutis during Sept. 21, 2024, public veneration at St. Anthony’s Church in Manchester, England. The relic of Blessed Carlo, who will be canonized in 2025, attracted more than 5,000 pilgrims during a Sept. 20-23 visit. (OSV News photo/Simon Caldwell)

A saint with a song: Carlo Acutis honored in ‘Corpus Christi’ video

Blessed Carlo Acutis, the Italian teen set to be canonized April 27, has been hailed as a model for modern youth -- and now, the soon-to-be-saint and his devotion to the Eucharist have been honored in a new single and ...
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