Carlo Acutis

Campers enjoy canoeing on the lake at Blessed Carlo Acutis Youth Camp in Huttonsville, W.Va., in this undated photo. (OSV News photo/courtesy of Blessed Carlo Acutis Youth Camp)

Carlo Acutis Youth Camp officials overjoyed about namesake’s canonization

Its mission is to lead young people to a deep relationship with Jesus Christ through his church. And the Blessed Carlo Acutis Youth Camp does just that each summer for young Catholics in West Virginia.
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Antonia Salzano Acutis, mother of Blessed Carlo Acutis, prays in the shrine dedicated to her son at St. Dominic Church in Brick, N.J., Oct. 1, 2023, the day it was dedicated by Bishop David M. O'Connell of Trenton, N.J. Pope Francis formally recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager whose birth in 1991 will make him the first "millennial" to become a saint. (OSV News photo/Mike Ehrmann, Diocese of Trenton)

His lifelong dream was to be a saint, Blessed Carlo Acutis’ mother says

While many Catholics around the world rejoiced upon hearing the news that Pope Francis had approved a second miracle attributed to Blessed Carlo Acutis, none was happier than his mother, Antonia Salzano.
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A boy kneels in prayer before an image of Blessed Carlo Acutis during eucharistic adoration April 7, 2022, at St. Rita of Cascia Church in the South Bronx, N.Y. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz, CNS)

Pope Recognizes Miracle Needed for Church’s First ‘Millennial’ Saint

Pope Francis formally recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager whose birth in 1991 will make him the first “millennial” to become a saint.
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Rare Blessed Carlo Acutis stained-glass window installed in Minnesota adoration chapel

Several stained-glass windows are being installed in St. Anne's Chapel at St. Louis Parish in Foreston, including a depiction of Blessed Carlo Acutis, one of the patrons of the revival.
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Images of Blessed Carlo Acutis and the Eucharist are seen outside the building of the Friends of Carlo Acutis association in Assisi, Italy, in this Oct. 9, 2020, file photo. The U.S. bishops have chosen Blessed Acutis as the patron of the first year of a three-year National Eucharistic Revival. The Italian teen had a great love of the Eucharist and used his technology skills to build an online database of eucharistic miracles around the world. (CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves)

Carlo Acutis: A True Original

When I think of Carlo Acutis, I think about how he, too, was rooted in where he was. He wasn't particularly well-traveled. But his faith is marveled the world over. I love that about him.
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A Prayer for Carlo Acutis

Blessed Carlo Acutis' time on this earth was brief—only 15 years—but he showed the world that God's love does not recognize human time.
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