Pope Francis is gearing up for the first millennial saint, a web developer known as ‘God’s influencer’ – By Joshua Zitser (Business Insider) / May 23, 2024
- Pope Francis has attributed a second miracle to teenage website developer Carlo Acutis.
- This paves the way for Acutis, who was born in 1991, to become the first millennial saint.
- The tech whizz, sometimes called ‘God’s influencer,’ died of leukemia in 2006 at age 15.
Pope Francis has attributed a second miracle to a teenage website developer, paving the way for him to become the first millennial saint.
Carlo Acutis, born in 1991 in the United Kingdom and raised in Italy, is sometimes referred to as “God’s influencer” and the “patron saint of the internet.”
He died at age 15 from leukemia in October 2006.
During his brief life, Acutis created a website cataloging each Eucharistic miracle in the world and listing approved Marian apparitions of the Catholic Church.
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