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Carlo Acutis is considered a kind of “influencer of God.” The teenager who died of leukemia in 2006 is supposed to help the Catholic Church become more attractive to young people. The church beatified the Milan internet fanatic 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 a “cyber apostle” in the media.
In the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, about 150 kilometers north of Rome, the process of inclusion in the list of blessed was sealed with a mass. A great photo of the kind smiling boy was revealed. Cardinal Agostino Vallini chaired the meeting. Carlos’s parents were very proud.
Presented publicly in a glass coffin
Some time ago, the body of the young Italian (1991-2006) had been taken from the grave in Assisi. After that, rumors circulated that the body was completely intact. The church contradicted this: At the exhumation in 2019, the remains showed “normal” signs of rot, an official explained.
The body was prepared, modulated and recently exposed to the public in a glass coffin, as the Catholic media platform “Vatican News” wrote. The believers could see a boy 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.
Role role model for other youth
The Vatican recognized the healing of a Brazilian child in 2010 from a serious illness in 2013 as a Carlos miracle. Because it is said that the sick Brazilian also addressed his prayers to the Italian.
Carlo wanted to be buried in the pilgrimage city of the order’s founder, Francis of Assisi, where he used to spend his holidays, media reported. On Sunday, a photo of the boy adorned the title of Milan’s “Corriere della Sera”. He grew up in the megacity. Mayor Beppe Sala praised him on Facebook as something of a “normal saint.” Television reported.
Pope Francis had praised the very religious Carlo, who was born in London and died at the age of 15, as a role model for other young people in 2019. He knew “how to use new communication technology to transmit the gospel.” (SDA)
