St. Carlo Acutis
Feast 10-12 · Canonized 2025
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About
Carlo Acutis was born in London in 1991 to Italian parents and grew up in Milan. From an early age he showed a deep devotion to the Eucharist, attending daily Mass and praying the rosary. He was also a gifted computer programmer, and he built websites cataloging Eucharistic miracles and Marian apparitions around the world.
He was known for his cheerfulness, his care for the poor, and his ability to use technology in the service of the faith. He died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of fifteen, offering his suffering for the pope and the Church.
He was beatified in 2020 and canonized in 2025, and his body rests in Assisi. He is venerated as a patron of young people and of the internet.
Suggested prayer
O God, who gave Carlo Acutis a love for the Eucharist and the skill to proclaim its miracles through the internet, grant through his intercession that young people and all who go online may use technology for good and grow in holiness. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
