Tag: Blessed Carlo Acutis

A new statue depicting Bl Carlo Acutis is a message that conveys to the world that the Catholic Church is not an old institution but a young and vibrant church with a relevant message for today’s culture, said the statue’s sculptor.

Along one of Rome's busiest streets, Via del Corso, traffic moves slowly as hundreds of pilgrims crisscross traffic on foot to get to their destination.

When a Chicago resident ran into a young man in Assisi, Italy, holding his piece of mosaic art—a rendering of the famous Blessed Carlo Acutis portrait, made of more than 1,000 toy pieces—she said she felt compelled to request a second version for her home parish named after the soon-to-be saint.

The relics of two saints-to-be—Blesseds Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis—will be in Rome for veneration during the Jubilee of Youth 28 July-3 August, according to worldyouthday.com.

This is the edited text for the homily for Votive Mass of the Holy Eucharist, Sydney Catholic Youth "Purpose Fest" 2025. 

In a surprise twist, the Vatican announced on the weekend a new date for the canonisation of Blesseds Acutis and Frassati,

In rural Limerick, three teenage brothers are turning Lego into a tool for evangelisation as Blessed Carlo Acutis continues to inspire a new generation of digital evangelists.

Although Pope Francis already set 3 August as the date to declare the sainthood of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Pope Leo XIV will hold a meeting with cardinals to approve his canonisation and that of seven other people.

With the death of Pope Francis, the 27 April canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis was postponed and the Mass scheduled for that day will be a memorial Mass, the Vatican said.

With the death of Pope Francis, the canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis, which was scheduled for 27 April, has been postponed.

For centuries, pilgrims came to Assisi to walk in the footsteps of a saint who preached to birds, embraced poverty and wandered the hills barefoot. But today, many arrive in search of a different model of holiness: that of a teenager in Nike sneakers who built websites and coded for Christ.

Inside a century-old church in Toledo, Ohio, is a decidedly newer statue of a soon-to-be-saint, Carlo Acutis.