This is amazing! 🤯
In a recent video on his podcast, Father David Michael Moses of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston explained a fascinating link between Blessed Carlo Acutis and the newly elected Pope Leo XIV.
The priest, musician, and Catholic speaker first explains that Blessed Carlo Acutis' canonization will be a monumental event in the life of the Church, especially for Pope Leo XIV’s papacy.
His canonization is going to be a huge deal in the life of the Church, and especially in Pope Leo XIV’s papacy,” Father Moses says. “I would imagine this would be the first saint he's going to canonize as pope.”
While looking through notes for his podcast, Father David Michael Moses discovered that Blessed Carlo Acutis attended the Leo XIII Institute in Milan, Italy.
“What are the chances that the school he's attending when he dies was named after Pope Leo XIII, the predecessor of our new Pope Leo XIV, the pope that Leo XIV says inspired him to choose the name? What are the chances? How cool is that?”
Father Moses adds, “If that wasn't enough, listen to this quote from Blessed Carlo Acutis. He says this: ‘I offer all the suffering I will have to suffer for the Lord, for the Pope, and for the Church.’
“Blessed Carlo, the first millennial saint about to be canonized, offered his suffering in large part for the pope,” Father Moses says. “And now we have a pope who chooses the name of Blessed Carlo's high school patron.”
Here’s Father David Michael Moses' video below:
Here’s the full text of Father David Michael Moses' explanation below:
"Well—and this was the big discovery I made when I looked through some of these notes—guess the name of the high school that Blessed Carlo Acutis went to? It's called the Leo XIII Institute. I mean, guys, come on. How cool is that?
"He died really young—he was 15—so he never went to college. He didn't go to that many schools. What are the chances that the school that he's attending when he dies was named after Pope Leo XIII, the predecessor of our new Pope Leo XIV, the pope that Leo XIV says inspired him to choose the name? What are the chances? How cool is that?
"We are on a Leo tear right now in the Church.
"If that wasn't enough, listen to this quote from Blessed Carlo Acutis. He says this:
'I offer all the suffering I will have to suffer for the Lord, for the Pope, and for the Church.'
"Blessed Carlo, the first millennial saint about to be canonized, offered his suffering in large part for the pope. And now we have a pope who chooses the name of Blessed Carlo's high school patron. So cool. Love that."