On 27 April 2025, the Catholic Church will proclaim its first millennial saint: Carlo Acutis, a teenage web developer from Italy who died of leukaemia in 2006 at the age of 15. With his canonisation, ...

Friends or relatives can apply posthumously for their loved one to be recognised as having a "reputation for sainthood", which gets the ball rolling on the full sainthood application process. The ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV earlier this month has — at least according to Google search data — has led to a renewed interest in people searching for information on how to ‘become Catholic.’ A young ...

Teen who died of leukaemia in 2006 to become Catholic saint Story of Carlo Acutis seen as draw for Catholic youth Pope Leo will preside over his first canonization ceremony VATICAN CITY, Sept 4 ...

A British-born Italian boy will become the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation on Sunday. Leo, elected in May to replace Francis, will now preside at such an event for the first time.

Pope Leo declared 15-year-old Carlo Acutis a saint on Sunday, Sept. 7, the first such ceremony of his tenure, canonizing the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation, elevating him to the ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -A British-born Italian boy who died of leukaemia in 2006 will become the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation on Sunday, in a ceremony led by Pope Leo in St. Peter ...