On September 7, 2025, Pope Leo XIV canonized Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati and Saint Carlo Acutis.
Saint Carlo Acutis has become the first millennial saint in the Catholic Church.
He is best known for his computer programming skills and website dedicated to Eucharistic miracles. He died of leukemia on Oct. 12, 2006, at age 15. Pope Francis beatified him on Oct. 10, 2020.
In Pope Leo's homily during the September 7, 2025, canonization Mass, he said,
“Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis are an invitation to all of us, especially young people, not to squander our lives, but to direct them upwards and make them masterpieces. They encourage us with their words: 'Not I, but God,' as Carlo used to say. And Pier Giorgio: 'If you have God at the center of all your actions, then you will reach the end.' This is the simple but winning formula of their holiness. ”
Pope Leo’s words remind us that this is the perfect opportunity to turn to Saint Carlo Acutis in prayer. Since many people cannot visit his tomb in Italy, online users can visit it virtually.
Carlo Acutis’ tomb lies in Assisi, Italy, at the Sanctuary of the Renunciation, inside the Church of Saint Mary Major.
The National Catholic Register reported:
"The sanctuary is located on the spot where a young Saint Francis of Assisi is said to have cast off his rich clothes in favor of a poor habit.
"In a letter written for the Sanctuary of the Renunciation’s inauguration in 2017, Pope Francis called it 'a precious place where young people can be aided in the discernment of their vocations.'"
The YouTube Channel Maria Vision Italia began livestreaming Carlo Acutis' tomb in February 2024. The channel also links to a website where users can submit personal prayer intentions.
The YouTube Channel reads the intentions "during the veneration on Wednesday live at 7:00 pm." The intentions are printed and "entrusted directly to Blessed Carlo Acutis" during Mass at the Parish Church of Saint Mary Major.
Due to Carlo's canonization, the livestream shows a constant flow of visitors to his tomb. Amazing!
Watch the livestream of Saint Carlo Acutis' tomb below:
Prayer for the Intercession of Saint Carlo Acutis
Oh God, our Father, thank you for giving us Carlo,
a model of life for young people
and a message of love for all.
You have made him fall in love
with your son Jesus,
making the Eucharist
his "highway to heaven."
You have given him Mary
as a very beloved Mother,
and you have made him,
with her Rosary,
become a singer of her tenderness.
She welcomes his intercession for us.
He looks above all at the poor,
whom he loved and helped.
[Grant me also, through his intercession, the grace I need...]
And make our joy full,
leading Carlo among the saints
of the universal Church,
so that his smile continues
to shine for us and for the glory of Your name.
Amen.
Pray an Our Father, a Hail Mary, and a Glory Be.
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