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Carlo Acutis

A tapestry depicting St. Carlo Acutis hangs from the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica during the Mass for his canonization at the Vatican Sept. 7, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Faith

Carlo Acutis and the 4 popes

Courtney Mares|Oct 12, 2026|3 Min Read

Catholic brothers Peter and Thomas Cooney, creators of Acutis AI. (Courtesy of Peter Cooney via EWTN)

College students launch ‘Acutis AI’ to bring Catholic teaching to artificial intelligence

Francesca Pollio Fenton|Apr 12, 2026|4 Min Read

Msgr. Anthony Figueiredo, a priest in Assisi, Italy, speaks to inmates at LA Men’s Central Jail about the life of St. Carlo Acutis before Mass Oct. 20. At right is Deacon Fermin Lopez. (Reese Cuevas)

St. Carlo Acutis relic visit to LA jail stirs faith of inmates and deputies

Pablo Kay|Nov 5, 2025|6 Min Read

A 17th-century monastery in northern Italy where recently canonized St. Carlo Acutis received his first Communion is seen in flames as firefighters try to contain the fire Oct. 11, 2025. The Bernaga Monastery, located in the La Valletta Brianza municipality in the Lombardy region, was home to 22 Ambrosian-rite cloistered nuns, all of whom survived the devastating blaze. (OSV News/courtesy Lombardy firefighters) Editors: best quality available.

World

Fire destroys Acutis’ first Communion site

Junno Arocho Esteves|Oct 14, 2025|3 Min Read

Bishop Matthew Elshoff, OFM Cap., holds LA’s new relic of St. Carlo Acutis after Mass with pilgrims at Assisi’s St. Mary Major Church. (Isabel Cacho/Archdiocese of Los Angeles)

After lots of prayers and emails, LA parish receives St. Carlo Acutis relic

Pablo Kay|Sep 10, 2025|5 Min Read

A nun holds a picture of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sept. 7, 2025. (OSV News/Matteo Minnella, Reuters)

Learning how to be saints

Archbishop José H. Gomez|Sep 10, 2025|4 Min Read

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New saints bring surprises for LA pilgrims at Frassati, Acutis canonization Mass

Pablo Kay|Sep 9, 2025|7 Min Read

Valeria Vargas Valverde, left, reading the universal prayer, and Antonia Salzano, St. Carlo Acutis' mother, are seen Sept. 7, 2025, at the canonization Mass of St. Carlo and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati in a combination photo. Valverde was healed from severe head trauma through the intercession of now-St. Carlo, after her mother prayed at the tomb of the young teen. Her recovery, which her doctors called medically inexplicable, was the second miracle needed for Acutis’ canonization. (OSV News photo/Vatican News, Reuters)

Faith

At canonization Mass, two mothers stand out as giants of confidence in God

Paulina Guzik|Sep 8, 2025|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims from the popemobile at the end of the canonization Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sept. 7, 2025. Banners with the official portraits of the newly canonized Sts. Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis hang from the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

New young saints encourage faithful to live life to the full, pope says

Carol Glatz|Sep 7, 2025|6 Min Read

Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati are pictured in a combination photo. The canonization ceremony for the pair will take place Sept. 7. (OSV News/courtesy Sainthood Cause of Carlo Acutis and CNS files)

How Catholics can watch, participate in Acutis, Frassati canonizations

Angelus Staff|Sep 4, 2025|3 Min Read

Pilgrims enter the Shrine of the Renunciation, where Blessed Carlo Acutis is buried, in Assisi, Italy, Aug. 21, 2025. Acutis who died in 2006, will be canonized Sept. 7 at the Vatican by Pope Leo XIV. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Eucharist and charity: The traits that unite Pope Leo's first saints

Cindy Wooden|Aug 26, 2025|4 Min Read

A detail of a sculpture of Blessed Carlo Acutis kneeling at the foot of the crucified Christ is seen in Assisi, Italy, Aug. 21, 2025, after a rainstorm. The bronze work titled "St. Carlo at the Cross" is by Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz, and it portrays the young blessed leaning his head against the cross while holding a laptop depicting the sacred vessels for Holy Communion. The QR code brings visitors to the artist's website. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Ahead of canonization, new statue of Blessed Carlo Acutis unveiled in Assisi

Junno Arocho Esteves|Aug 22, 2025|4 Min Read

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