The world will have its first digital saint in a few months.
On Wednesday, Pope Francis revealed that a young web designer who utilized his technological expertise to manage websites for regional Catholic organizations and documented miracles online would be canonized in April.
According to Vatican News, Carlo Acutis, who passed away from leukemia in 2006 in Italy when he was 15 years old, will be canonized at the Jubilee for Adolescents on April 25–27.
Acutis, who was born to Italian parents in London and was known as God’s influencer informally, has been credited by the church with two miracles.
The teenager, who is expected to become the youngest contemporary saint in the church, was credited by the pope with a second miracle in May. Four years had passed since he was beatified in 2020 after being credited with one miracle.
The miracles have not been described by the church.
While the Roman Catholic Church teaches that only God can work miracles, it also holds that saints, who are said to be in heaven with God, can make intercession for those who pray to them. The healing of a patient that cannot be explained by medicine is typically considered a miracle.
During the weekend of July 28 to August 3, the pope also announced on Wednesday that he would canonize Pier Giorgio Frassati, a young Italian man who died of polio in the 1920s and was known for aiding those in need.
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