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 Carlo Acutis: Roadmap to Reality 

By Brad Miner, The Catholic Thing, April 21, 2025

Brad Miner, husband and father, is Senior Editor of The Catholic Thing and a Senior Fellow of the Faith & Reason Institute. He is a former Literary Editor of National Review, and had a long career in the book publishing industry.

 

By now, most readers of this site will know about Blessed Carlo Acutis, the Italian teenager who died in 2006 and will be canonized this coming Sunday, April 27.

And on the 27th, 28th, and 29th of this month, Fathom Events will present Tim Moriarity’s new documentary about Acutis – Catholicism’s first millennial saint – in special screenings at select theaters across the country. Click here to purchase tickets for yourself, your family, or your parish.

I wouldn’t normally add this sort of promotional plug for a film, but Carlo Acutis: Roadmap to Reality (click here for the theatrical trailer) is a fascinating and important film about a remarkable young man, and it deserves a wide audience. …