The Pope paves the way for the “influencer of God” to become a saint after a miracle performed on a young Costa Rican woman

A London-born Italian teenager whose ability to spread the teachings of the Catholic Church on the Internet has led him to be called “the influencer of God” has the paved path to becoming holy.

Carlo Acutis He died in 2006, aged 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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He 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 cerebral hemorrhage after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a bicycle accident on July 2, 2022.

Their hope of survival was almost zero.

“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 surround a mother’s worst anguish,” she reported. Vatican News.

According to this media outlet linked to the Catholic Church, that same day the hospital informed the mother that Valéria had started breathing spontaneously again, and the following day she began to move again and partially recover 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 just a week it becomes clear that complete recovery is one step away,” published the media.

Carlo Acutis’ beatification ceremony took place in Assisi, Italy. (GET IMAGES).

Carlo Acutis was beatified – the first step towards sainthood – in 2020, following his first miracle: curing a Brazilian child of a congenital disease that affected his pancreas.

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 transferred to Assisi a year after his death and is currently on full display along with other relics linked to him.

“God’s Influencer”

In addition to creating online websites for his parish and school, Acutis was known for launching a website that sought to document all reported Eucharistic miracles and which debuted days before his death.

The nickname “God’s influencer” It was placed on him after his death.

Its website has been translated into several languages ​​and served as the basis for an exhibition that has traveled 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 believe that it will be “the patron saint of the web” for having dedicated himself to talking about his faith and helping other people 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 Antula Moman 18th-century nun who became Argentina’s first saint.

Source: Elcomercio