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The Catholic Church wants to be more attractive to young people – Carlo Acutis, a kind of “God influencer”, could help: The Church beatified the teenager and Internet fan from Milan who died of leukemia in 2006 on Saturday. Acutis helped priests create websites for their parishes during his lifetime. He created a database of religious miracles on the Internet and announced his faith on the Internet. That is why he is also called “Cyber-Apostle” in the media.
In the upper church of the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, about 150 kilometers north of Rome, the long process of inclusion in the list of blessed was sealed with a mass. Cardinal Agostino Vallini chaired the meeting. Carlos’s parents were also present in the procession.
The body of the young Italian (1991-2006) had previously been removed from the grave in Assisi a few days ago. It was prepared, modulated and then publicly placed in a glass coffin, as the Catholic media platform “Vatican News” wrote. The believers could see a man in jeans and sneakers.
At mass on Saturday a letter from Pope Francis was read (83) saying that Carlo had been blessed. This is the preliminary stage of a possible canonization. In the Catholic Church, this requires a long process, which also includes miracles.
The Vatican recognized the healing of a Brazilian child from a serious illness in 2010 as a miracle of Carlos in 2013. Because it is said that the sick Brazilian also addressed his prayers to the Italian. Francis had praised the very religious Carlo, who was born in London and died at 15, as a role model for other young people in 2019. He knew “how to use the new communication technology to transmit the gospel.”
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