{"id":2287381,"date":"2024-07-01T15:22:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T19:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carlo-acutis-to-become-catholic-churchs-first-millennial-saint-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T15:25:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T19:25:54","slug":"carlo-acutis-to-become-catholic-churchs-first-millennial-saint-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carlo-acutis-to-become-catholic-churchs-first-millennial-saint-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlo Acutis to become Catholic Church\u2019s first millennial saint &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcarlo-acutis-to-become-catholic-churchs-first-millennial-saint-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2287381&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> the upcoming canonization of Carlo Acutis, a\u200d computer-programming Italian teenager who \u200bwill become the Catholic Church&#8217;s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-clears-last-miracle-for-gods-influencer-who-could-be-first-millennial-saint\/\" title=\"Pope approves final miracle for &#039;God&#039;s influencer,&#039; potential first millennial saint\">millennial saint<\/a>.\u200d Acutis, \u200cknown as\u200b &#8220;God&#8217;s Influencer,&#8221; was a devout Catholic and talented computer programmer who designed a website\u2062 cataloging Eucharistic miracles. After being declared venerable and beatified, he is set to be proclaimed a saint during the 2025 Jubilee. Acutis&#8217;s miracles,\u2062 including the healing of a young Brazilian boy and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hows-gender-equity-working-for-the-big-australian\/\" title=\"Is gender equity working well for the &#039;Big Australian&#039;?\">young\u200c woman<\/a>, paved the way for his canonization. His mother described him as a &#8220;sign of hope,&#8221; emphasizing that holiness is relevant even in modern times.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\" \/><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Carlo Acutis to become Catholic Church\u2019s first millennial saint<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/abaker\/\">Audrey Baker<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-01T14:08:46-04:00\">July 1, 2024 2:08 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1663499\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Carlo Acutis, the late computer-programming Italian teenager known as \u201cGod\u2019s Influencer,\u201d will become the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/catholic-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Catholic Church\u2019s<\/a> first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/millennials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>millennial<\/a> saint.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis and the College of Cardinals approved Acutis\u2019s canonization on Monday, the <em>Vatican News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/pope\/news\/2024-07\/consistory-cardinals-carlo-acutis-martyrs-canonization.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>announced<\/a>. He will likely be proclaimed a saint during the 2025 Jubilee.<\/p>\n<p>Acutis, a devout Catholic, was born in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>London<\/a> in 1991 and was a talented computer programmer and graphic designer from a young age. He designed a website cataloging more than 150 Eucharistic miracles around the world, which has gone on to be displayed at thousands of parishes across five continents, the <em>Catholic News Agency<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/46048\/who-was-carlo-acutis-a-cna-explainer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComputer genius, Carlo made his computer an instrument at the service of God and the Internet a way to evangelize, spreading his love for the Holy Eucharist,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisboa2023.org\/en\/bl-carlo-acutis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>website<\/a> of the 2023 World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, said.<\/p>\n<p>Before becoming a saint in the Catholic Church, a person must first be declared \u201cvenerable\u201d and then beatified or declared \u201cblessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Acutis was declared venerable by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=washington+examiner+pope+francis&#038;client=safari&#038;sca_esv=3dde2fcdc36845ac&#038;rls=en&#038;ei=QtyCZru8Ofuo5NoPtc6_mAY&#038;ved=0ahUKEwi75bGrpIaHAxV7FFkFHTXnD2MQ4dUDCBA&#038;uact=5&#038;oq=washington+examiner+pope+francis&#038;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiIHdhc2hpbmd0b24gZXhhbWluZXIgcG9wZSBmcmFuY2lzSO0VUNcEWKIVcAV4AJABAJgBeKAB5AeqAQQxMC4yuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIKoAKFBcICCxAAGIAEGJECGIoFwgIFEAAYgATCAg4QABiABBiRAhjHAxiKBcICCBAAGIAEGMcDwgILEAAYgAQYhgMYigXCAgYQABgWGB7CAggQABgWGAoYHsICCBAAGIAEGKIEwgIFECEYoAHCAgUQIRifBcICCBAAGKIEGIkFmAMAiAYBkgcDOC4yoAe1Ng&#038;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Francis<\/a> in 2018, a recognition that he had lived a life of \u201cheroic virtue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beatification, the next step in the process of sainthood, requires a miracle to have been attributed to a person. Acutis was beatified in 2020 after reportedly healing a young Brazilian boy from a birth defect affecting his pancreas in 2013, seven years after Acutis\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Francis attributed a second miracle to Acutis in May, clearing the way for his canonization. Acutis reportedly healed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-ignore-this-meal-time-trouble-as-it-could-be-a-tell-tale-sign-of-cancer\/\" title=\"Don\u2019t Ignore This Meal-time Trouble, as It Could be a Tell-tale Sign of Cancer\">young woman suffering<\/a> from a head injury as a result of a bicycle accident in 2022 after the woman\u2019s mother prayed for her recovery at the late teenager\u2019s tomb in Assisi, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Acutis\u2019s mother, Antonia Salzano, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/25\/europe\/carlo-acutis-mother-sainthood-pope-francis-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>described<\/a> her son as a \u201csign of hope\u201d to CNN in May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[With] all the media, the technologies, it seems sometimes that holiness is something that belongs to the past,\u201d she said. \u201cInstead, holiness is also something nowadays in this modern time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Acutis loved playing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/video-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">video<\/a> games<\/a> such as Halo, Super Mario, and Pokemon, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/01\/europe\/carlo-acutis-canonized-first-millennial-saint-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He died of acute promyelocytic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>leukemia<\/a> in 2006 at 15 years old.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1663499\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1663499\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Tags<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/catholic-church\/\">Catholic Church<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/catholicism\/\">Catholicism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/computer\/\">Computer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/millennials\/\">Millennials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pope-francis\/\">Pope Francis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/religion\/\">Religion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vatican\/\">Vatican<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlo Acutis, a young Italian computer programmer known as &#8220;God&#8217;s Influencer,&#8221; will be the first millennial saint in the Catholic Church. Pope Francis and the College of Cardinals approved his canonization, which is expected to take place during the 2025 Jubilee. Acutis, who was born in London in 1991, was a devout Catholic and talented graphic designer. He created a website showcasing Eucharistic miracles around the world, which has been displayed in numerous parishes globally. Before being declared a saint, a person must first be recognized as &#8220;venerable&#8221; and then beatified. Acutis was declared venerable in 2018 and beatified in 2020 after reportedly performing miracles. His mother described him as a &#8220;sign of hope&#8221; in modern times, emphasizing that holiness is relevant in today&#8217;s world. Acutis passed away at the age of 15 from leukemia in 2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3192,"featured_media":2287382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/carlo-acutis-miracles-saint.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33550,33551,33552,10248,32076],"class_list":["post-2287381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-carlo-acutis","tag-catholic-church","tag-millennial-saint","tag-religion","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/carlo-acutis-miracles-saint.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2287381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2287382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2287381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2287381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2287381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}