Fourteen-year-old Logan Juntereal is a parishioner at St. Nicholas of Tolentine in Jamaica, but made the trip to celebrate Mass at the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Bayside to celebrate the establishment of the Diocesan Shrine of Saint Carlo Acutis in the parish. He shared his excitement for the day and expressed his admiration for St. Carlo Acutis, who he called a modern-day embodiment of what it means to be a “true person” faithful to the Catholic church.
Crying out to God during moments of extreme trial does not mark a crisis of faith but can reflect an act of total surrender to and enduring trust in God, Pope Leo XIV said.
For the first time in the Northeastern United States, a parish has been renamed to honor St. Carlo Acutis, the Catholic Church’s first Millennial saint.
There’s a new sacred space inside Immaculate Conception Church where parishioners can find inspiration — a chapel dedicated to saints of the 20th and 21st centuries.
The greatest risk in life is to waste it by not seeking to follow God’s plan, Pope Leo XIV said, proclaiming two new saints – two young laymen of the 20th and 21st centuries – St. Carlo Acutis and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati.
Ahead of the canonization of Carlo Acutis, four parishes in the Diocese of Brooklyn opened their doors for the faithful to honor the soon-to-be-saint.
On Sept. 7, 2025, the Catholic Church canonized its first millennial saint: Carlo Acutis. The 15-year-old from Milan, Italy was a computer enthusiast who used his tech skills to create websites documenting Eucharistic miracles and Catholic saints until his death from leukemia in 2006 at age 15.
Carlo Acutis, a teenager known for his deep love of the Eucharist and his creative use of technology to share the faith, began his journey toward sainthood shortly after he died in 2006. Here, we trace the key milestones that led to his recognition as the first Millennial saint of the Catholic Church on Sept. 7.
During the Jubilee of Youth in Rome, pilgrims gathered at San Marcello al Corso to venerate a relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis — a modern teen whose life reminds young Catholics that sainthood is possible, even today.
A Chicago artist created a mosaic of Blessed Carlo Acutis using over 1,000 toy figurines — each one symbolizing the faith, tech savvy, and Eucharistic devotion of the soon-to-be saint.
