VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has attributed a second miracle to an Italian teenager who in his short life used his computer skills to spread the Catholic faith, clearing the way for him to become the first saint of the millennial generation.
An image of 15-year-old Carlo Acutis, an Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukaemia, is seen during his beatification ceremony celebrated by Cardinal Agostino Vallini in the St Francis Basilica, in Assisi, Italy , Oct 10, 2020.
Acutis was beatified in 2020 after one miracle was attributed to him: The healing of a seven-year-old Brazilian boy from a rare pancreatic disorder after coming into contact with an Acutis relic, a piece of one of his T-shirts. Already as a small child, Acutis showed a strong religious devotion that surprised his non-practising parents. From age three he would ask to visit churches they passed in Milan, and by age seven had asked to receive the sacrament of Holy Communion, winning an exception to the customary age requirement.
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