The first millennial saint who turned the internet into a tool for faith
Carlo Acutis wasn’t your typical saint-in-the-making. Born in 1991, he grew up in Milan, loved video games, pizza, and hanging out with friends. He wore jeans, sneakers, and a backpack like any other teen. But behind his ordinary look was a heart burning for something eternal.
While others filled their computers with games, Carlo used his skills to build a website cataloging Eucharistic miracles from around the world. It became a digital museum of faith created by a teenager—earning him the nickname “God’s influencer.”
He laughed easily, enjoyed Nutella, and played PlayStation, but his deepest joy came from the Eucharist. “The Eucharist is my highway to Heaven,” he said. For him, daily Mass was plugging in to the ultimate power source.
At 15, Carlo was diagnosed with leukemia. Instead of despair, he showed courage beyond his years:
“I’m happy to die because I lived my life without wasting even a minute on things that don’t please God.”
He died in 2006, but miracles soon followed—a boy healed in Brazil, a student recovering in Costa Rica—confirming his intercession and opening the path to sainthood.
Today, September 7, 2025, Carlo Acutis has been declared a saint—the first millennial saint. In Rome, Pope Leo XIV led the canonization at St. Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of people. Here in the Philippines, we share in that joy, inspired by a teenager in jeans and sneakers who showed that holiness belongs in every generation.
Saint Carlo’s life proves you don’t need to be extraordinary by the world’s standards to live for God. Even with Wi-Fi, games, and school, you can choose to use your gifts to leave a trace of Heaven.
𝚃𝚢𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙾𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎 • 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗆.𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖼.𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗀
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