Carlo Acutis

Mother putting her hands on a grave while holding a white flower.

Pray for the Mother of Carlo Acutis

Christopher Heffron June 23, 2025

At 15, we know so little of the world at large—only our immediate one of school, friends, and budding adulthood.

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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

OSV News June 6, 2025

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’

Christopher Heffron May 29, 2025

The summer before my senior year of high school, Pete, a classmate of mine, was killed in a car accident. We were not friends—in fact, I don’t think he and I exchanged more than a few words in three years. ...

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Faith and Family: A Mother’s Loss, Our Gain

Susan Hines-Brigger May 25, 2025

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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teenager with folded hands leaning against a wall praying

St. Carlo Acutis: Pray for Us!

Christopher Heffron April 27, 2025

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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black sneakers standing next to a bible verse engraved in stone tile.

Carlo Acutis: You Belong to the Ages

Christopher Heffron April 25, 2025

I have always categorized you, Carlo, as “the millennial saint,” but that is limiting. You are timeless.

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