The Millennial Saint

Ateenager in Nikes who loved Pokémon and played PlayStation doesn’t fit the traditional image of a saint. But on September 7, 2025, Carlo Acutis will be canonized as the first Millennial saint in the Catholic Church. Both in his short lifetime and after his death, Carlo’s seemingly “ordinary” piety has attracted followers online and led pilgrims to travel en masse to his burial site in Assisi. Though Pope Francis approved Carlo for sainthood, it is fitting that it will be Pope Leo XIV who will formally canonize Carlo: the soon-to-be saint’s prescient words on technology mirror some of Pope Leo’s early comments on the uses of artificial intelligence on the global stage. Read Full Article »