A relic of Carlo Acutis, who will be canonized as the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint, was venerated at St. Florian ...

Assisi, the medieval Italian town revered as the home of Saints Francis and Clare, is experiencing a new wave of pilgrim fervour. The focus of this burgeoning devotion? Carlo Acutis, a millennial ...

Carlo Acutis, a millennial teenager set to be canonised on April 27. For many young pilgrims, Carlo, who was born in London, offers a relatable path to holiness.

Acutis was 15 when he died in northern Italy in 2006, after a short bout with leukemia. He has become enormously popular especially among young Catholics who have been flocking to his tomb in Assisi.

People pray in front of the body of Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia and beatified in 2020, in the Santa Maria Maggiore church in Assisi, Italy, Wednesday ...

The body of Carlo Acutis, an Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia, lies in his tomb in Assisi, Italy, on Saturday, March 1, 2025.

A teenager uses a smartphone to take a picture at the tomb of 15-year-old Carlo Acutis, an Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia, in Assisi, Italy, on Saturday, March 1, 2025.

FILE - The body of Carlo Acutis, an Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia, lies in his tomb in Assisi, Italy, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file) (Gregorio Borgia ...

Acutis was 15 when he died in northern Italy in 2006, after a short bout with leukemia. He has become enormously popular especially among young Catholics who have been flocking to his tomb in Assisi.

An image of 15-year-old Carlo Acutis is unveiled during his beatification ceremony, celebrated by Cardinal Agostino Vallini in the St. Francis Basilica, in Assisi, Italy, on Oct. 10, 2020.