The Vatican announced that Pope Francis has cleared the second miracle of Carlo Acutis, paving the way for the teenager who died in 2006 to be the first millennial saint.

The teenager was beatified in 2020 after a first miracle was attributed to him, and the recognition of a second miracle by the pope is one of the final steps for making a person a saint, according to Reuters.

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