Beatification of Carlo Acutis: The First Millennial Is Declared ‘Blessed’, by Courtney Mares

The teen who had an aptitude for computer programming is now one step away from canonization.

By Courtney Mares, CNA, October 10, 2020

ASSISI, Italy — With the beatification of Carlo Acutis in Assisi Saturday, the Catholic Church now has its first “Blessed” who loved Super Mario and Pokémon, but not as much as he loved the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.

“To be always united with Jesus, this is my life program,” Carlo Acutis wrote at the age of 7.

The young Italian computer whiz, who died of leukemia at 15, offering his suffering for the Pope and the Church, was beatified Oct. 10 in a Mass at the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi.

Born in 1991, Acutis is the first millennial to be beatified by the Catholic Church. The teen who had an aptitude for computer programming is now one step away from canonization.  …

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