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, April 2, ...

Carlo was born in London, where his parents, Andrea Acutis and Antonia Salzano, were working. Fifteen days after his birth, he received the Sacrament of Baptism in the presence of his paternal and ...

Back in 2009, Italian Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino, bishop of Assisi, saw that the pastor of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore had put up a picture of Carlo Acutis, a late devout Catholic and ...

Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish will hold its annual Family Festival at St. Anthony of Padua Church and hall at 215 Rebecca St., Throop, on Saturday and Sunday. The parish formed on July 1 when Blessed ...

A new statue depicting Blessed Carlo Acutis is a message that conveys to the world that the Catholic Church is not an old institution but a young and vibrant church with a relevant message for today's ...

The production engaged children in every aspect — from acting and set changes to managing props. And the impact went far beyond the performance. The play, “Highway to Heaven,” was performed Oct. 12, ...

For many in Northeast Pennsylvania, Christmas traditions are entwined with their parishes. A keepsake tradition that was born out of the consolidation of Catholic churches in two Midvalley ...

Pope Leo XIV is set to preside over the canonization of Carlo Acutis, who will become the first millennial saint on Sunday, Sept. 7. Acutis died of leukemia nearly two decades ago at just 15 years old ...

CHICAGO (AP) — At a Catholic school in Pope Leo XIV’s hometown, fifth graders read comic books about Carlo Acutis’ life entitled “Digital Disciple.” They draw pictures of what the teenage Italian ...

EWTN News correspondent Colm Flynn will host a one-hour special from the rooftop of EWTN’s Rome studio, which overlooks St. Peter’s Square. Pilgrims gather in St. Peter’s Square for a Mass and ...

Pope Leo will canonize Blessed Carlo Acutis on Sept. 7 − the first such ceremony of his tenure and the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation – elevating him to the same level as Mother ...