CV NEWS FEED // Catholics are gathering this week to venerate the body of Blessed Carlo Acutis in Assisi, Italy, ahead of his canonization next month, according to the New York Post.
Bl. Carlo is currently laid to rest in the Sanctuary of the Spoliation in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, according to the Post. The Post spotlighted several recently released photos from the Sanctuary that depict lay young people and nuns entering, standing, and kneeling to pray at the soon-to-be saint’s tomb.
Carlo was born in 1991 in London, and his family moved shortly after to Milan, Italy. Even as a young boy, he loved going to daily Mass. He brought along his parents, who were Catholic but rarely attended the liturgy. Carlo loved the Blessed Virgin Mary. He took joy in praying the Rosary, which he once described as “the shortest ladder to heaven.”
He was also a self-taught computer programmer and enjoyed playing PlayStation video games, according to his mother, who said he only played one hour per week. He was deeply devoted to the Eucharist and used his digital talents to create a website about all Eucharistic miracles that have occurred throughout the world.
When he was 15 years old, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Grounded in his love and trust in God, Carlo offered his sufferings up for Jesus, the Pope, and the Church, and he faced his death with joy.
“I am happy to die because I have lived my life without wasting a minute on those things which do not please God,” he said.
Before his death, he requested to be buried in Assisi out of devotion to St. Francis of Assisi. The high number of Catholics traveling to Italy this month to venerate him marks another wave of devoted faithful arriving in recent years to celebrate him. In October 2020, the month when he was beatified, more than 41,000 people visited his tomb. His canonization will take place April 27 during the Jubilee for Adolescents.
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