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Home / Lifestyle / Culture / Photos / PICS: Pope Leo XIV canonises Carlo Acutis, the church`s first Millennial saint

PICS: Pope Leo XIV canonises Carlo Acutis, the church`s first Millennial saint

Updated On: 07 September, 2025 02:55 PM IST | Nascimento Pinto

Pope Leo XIV declared the 15-year-old computer whiz the Catholic Church`s first millennial saint on Sunday, amid a packed St Peter`s Square filled with devotees from all over

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Pope Leo XIV declared the 15-year-old computer whiz the Catholic Church`s first millennial saint on Sunday, amid a packed St Peter`s Square filled with devotees from all over

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Pope Leo XIV declared the 15-year-old computer whiz the Catholic Church`s first millennial saint on Sunday, amid a packed St Peter`s Square filled with devotees from all over
<p>Pope Leo XIV speaks ahead of a Holy Mass and canonisation ceremony of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St Peter`s Square at the Vatican on September 7</p>

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Pope Leo XIV speaks ahead of a Holy Mass and canonisation ceremony of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St Peter`s Square at the Vatican on September 7

<p>Blessed Carlo Acutis will become the first millennial saint on Sunday at a canonisation attended by thousands of pilgrims</p>

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Blessed Carlo Acutis will become the first millennial saint on Sunday at a canonisation attended by thousands of pilgrims

<p>Italian teenager and computer whiz Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 aged 15, was born on May 3 in 1991</p>

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Italian teenager and computer whiz Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 aged 15, was born on May 3 in 1991

<p>Acutis was beatified on October 10 in 2020 at Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy, by Agostino Vallini on behalf of the previous head of the Roman Catholic church, Pope Francis</p>

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Acutis was beatified on October 10 in 2020 at Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy, by Agostino Vallini on behalf of the previous head of the Roman Catholic church, Pope Francis

<p>Along with Acutis, Italian Pier Giorgio Frassati, a mountaineering enthusiast who died in 1925 and was known for his social and spiritual commitment, will also be made a saint on September 7</p>

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Along with Acutis, Italian Pier Giorgio Frassati, a mountaineering enthusiast who died in 1925 and was known for his social and spiritual commitment, will also be made a saint on September 7

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