Pope declares 15-year-old computer programmer Carlo Acutis first millennial saint

Published September 7, 2025 10:50am ET



Late computer programming Italian teenager Carlo Acutis became the first millennial saint on Sunday.

Pope Leo XIV held Acutis’s canonization Mass on Sunday, making Acutis his first canonization during his pontificate. Acutis drew a fanbase of 80,000 to the Vatican.

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