On a recent morning, visitors to a sanctuary in Assisi, Italy, overheard whispered prayers in several languages at the tomb of Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006, at the age of 15. On Sunday, he is expected to become the Roman Catholic Church’s first millennial saint.
Born in London and raised in Italy, Carlo had a deep faith, according to those who campaigned for his sainthood, attending Mass regularly and volunteering in Catholic soup kitchens. But he also used his affinity for technology by creating a website listing Eucharistic miracles.
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