Three Italian young people share the silent miracles of Carlo Acutis in his parish

These three Italian young people, full of life, did not want to miss the canonization of Carlo Acutis. Cristian, 19, Romina, 18, and Sabatino, 17, have the conviction that this young man who died from a leukemia when he was 15 years old was already on the altars even before his canonization.

“For us it is already holy,” says Cristian as if the solemn mass held by Pope Leo XIV was barely the official confirmation of what his community has been living for a long time.

They have traveled at night to Rome by bus, with another 150 kids of their parish, located in the province of Salerno (southern Italy).

While they were waiting patiently in the immediate vicinity of the Plaza de San Pedro to advance security controls, Romina naturally explains that Acutis “has granted thank you very much, that they have not been written, but that for us they are great miracles.”

This journalist asks them which and, despite the previous reluctance, he agrees to share this spiritual treasure that has returned the hope to several people of his parish. “My aunt dreamed with Carlo one night, and when he woke up he discovered that the tumor mass that had grown in his chest and that they had found him had disappeared from one day to another,” he details without being able to avoid emotion.

Cristian also wants to add another chapter to this sum of everyday miracles that do not appear in any file of the Vatican, but that for these young people are palpable signs of the intercession of Acutis, the first saint to have lived in the 21st century.

A woman from her parish, who has been serious mobility problems since years, listened to the news of the canonization and “felt a chill that toured her back.” Then without knowing how “the crutches threw to the ground and began to run.” “They are silent miracles that are not cataloged as such, but that have really happened,” he says.

Acutis died on October 12, 2006 in Monza. Therefore, that day of every 12 of the month, his parish celebrates a Mass in honor of this saint who officially becomes a Christian life model and can be put his name to churches and chapels worldwide.

For Romina that monthly appointment has become a spiritual rhythm that marks the life of the community “we have a relic of Carlo hair. In that celebration each leads to God their fears, their problems, their hopes,” he says.

Next to him, Sabatino nods with a shy smile. You do not need to add too much: it is enough to be here, with the group, as proof of the certainty that this boy who used the Internet to evangelize is a living presence.