The canonization of Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint of the Catholic Church, will take place on September 7, Pope Leo XIV announced.
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Acutis, an Italian teenager who died of leukemia in 2006, will be declared a saint by Pope Leo during a ceremony in St. Peter’s Square, expected to draw thousands of young people. His canonization was originally scheduled for April 27 but was postponed following the death of Pope Francis.
Acutis was only 15 years old when he died, but during his life he used his computing skills to spread awareness of the Catholic faith by creating a website about miracle accounts.
The September 7 ceremony will be the first canonization presided over by Pope Leo XIV, who will also canonize another young saint, Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died in 1925 at the age of 24.
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