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A London-born Italian teenager whose ability to spread the teachings of the Catholic Church in Internet led him to be called “the influencer of God” has the path paved to become a saint.
Carlo Acutis He died in 2006, at the age of 15, meaning he would be the first millennial – a person born between the early 1980s and late 1990s – to be canonized.
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Pope Francis attributed a second miracle to him: the healing of a Costa Rican university student in the Italian city of Florence, where he had been studying since 2018.
Valeria Valverde21 years old, had a brain hemorrhage after suffering a head trauma in a bicycle accident on July 2, 2022.
“Among the many pilgrims who come to the tomb [de Acutis] On July 8, 2022, a Friday, there is also a woman, Liliana, from Costa Rica. “She kneels, prays and leaves a letter, words of hope that envelop the worst anguish of a mother,” he reported. Vatican News.
According to this media linked to the Catholic Church, that same day the hospital informed the mother that Valeria had spontaneously resumed breathing, and the next day she began to move again and partially regain her speech.
“On July 18, the CT scan shows that the hemorrhage has disappeared and on August 11 the girl is transferred to rehabilitation therapy, but after only a week it is clear that complete recovery is one step away,” the media published. .
Carlo Acutis was beatified – the first step towards sainthood – in 2020, after his first miracle: curing a Brazilian child of a congenital disease that affected his pancreas.
The “God Influencer”
In addition to designing online sites for his parish and school, Acutis became known for launching a website that sought to document every reported Eucharistic miracle and which debuted days before his death.
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The nickname “influencer of God” It was placed on him after his death.
Their website has been translated into several different languages and used as the basis for an exhibition that has traveled around the world.
At the time of his beatification, Pope Francis stated that the young man “knew how to use new communication techniques to transmit the Gospel, communicate values and beauty.”
Many Catholics consider that it will be “the patron of the web” for having dedicated himself to talking about his faith and helping others through technology.
Miracles are usually researched and evaluated over a period of several months, and a person is eligible for sainthood after having two to their name.
For something to be considered a miracle, it usually requires an act that goes beyond what is possible in nature, such as the sudden healing of a person who is close to death.
The most recent person to be canonized was María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antulaan 18th century nun who became Argentina’s first saint.
The second miracle was approved by the Pope after a meeting with the Vatican’s sanctification department.
It is not yet known when he will be canonized.
Carlo Acutis died in Monza, Italy, after being diagnosed with leukemia.
His body was moved to Assisi a year after his death, and is currently on full display along with other relics linked to him.
Source: Elcomercio
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