Gurrieri, together with members of the all-Italian cast and a niece and nephew of Frassati, were present at the Italian premiere of the film at Farnese Cinema in Rome on March 18. Poster for “To the ...

Practicing Catholic fundamentals in a committed, disciplined manner did not prevent Pier Giorgio from enjoying other normal aspects of life. It just made them better. The cover of ‘Finding Frassati’ ...

Images of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati appear beside and on his tomb at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Turin, Italy, in this file photo from February 2006. (CNS file photo/Carol Glatz) VATICAN ...

Italian Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati was a struggling student who excelled in mountain climbing.(CNS file photo) (Aug. 19, 2005) My hands folded, I stared at the woodgrain of the table. I didn’t even ...

Pope Leo XIV canonized Pier Giorgio Frassati on Sunday (September 7), along with Carlo Acutis, became the first saints of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy, with Frassati notable as a “beacon for lay spirituality ...

Pope Francis said that Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati "will be a saint soon." Known as "the Man of the Eight Beatitudes," he was beatified by St. John Paul II in 1990 after his sainthood cause was ...

On September 7, 2025, Pier Giorgio Frassati, who was born in Turin, Italy, on April 6, 1901, and died at the age of 24 from fulminant poliomyelitis, will be elevated to the honors of the altar. Before ...

VATICAN CITY—Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young Catholics beloved for their vibrant faith and witness to holiness, will be canonized together on September 7. The date ...

Mario Enzler is a senior adviser to the president of The Heritage Foundation and the author of “I Served a Saint.” On Sept. 7, 80,000 worshippers gathered in Saint Peter’s Square for Pope Leo XIV’s ...

If Carlo Acutis is the Church’s new digital saint, Pier Giorgio Frassati is its original youth icon. Born in Turin in 1901, Frassati was the son of a newspaper magnate and a diplomat — raised in ...

Kevin Becker was a college student when he fell off a roof, fracturing his skull in five places, and was given little chance by doctors of surviving or living a normal life if he did make it. But as ...

Pope Leo XIV to canonise teenager who will be the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint. The canonisations, the first by Pope Leo XIV since his election, will begin at 10am local time, or 9am BST.