Pope Leo XIV canonized Carlo Acutis, the first saint of the millennial generation

This Sunday, the Catholic Church celebrated a historic event with the canonization of Carlo Acutis, considered the first saint of the millennial generation. The ceremony took place in St. Peter’s Square and was presided over by Pope Leo XIV, with the participation of tens of thousands of faithful from around the world. During the ceremony, Pier Giorgio Frassati, a young Italian who died in 1925 from polio, was also canonized.

The event began at 10:00 a.m. (local time) with the traditional Latin formula that inscribed the young man in the Book of Saints and allowed for the beginning of his universal veneration. The celebration drew a large crowd, especially young Catholics, and consolidated Carlo Acutis’s legacy as a model of holiness who combined spirituality, social commitment, and the positive use of technology in faith.

Acutis was born in London on May 3, 1991, and died in 2006 at the age of 15 from fulminant leukemia. He was beatified in October 2020 by Pope Francis, who had planned to canonize him during the Jubilee of Adolescents, but his death postponed the ceremony.