By Francesca Pollio Fenton, Abel Camasca
Carlo Acutis, the Italian teenager who deeply loved the Eucharist, continues to cause joy throughout the Catholic world. This young man was beatified in 2020 in Assisi and today, May 23, 2004, Pope Francis approved a miracle attributed to his intercessionwith which it will soon be proclaimed saint.
In this context, we present 12 important facts about this young blessed man who could be canonized in the Jubilee or Jubilee Year of 2025.
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1. Where was Carlo Acutis born?
Carlo Acutis was born on May 3, 1991 in London (United Kingdom), where his parents, Andrea Acutis and Antonia Salzano, worked. A few months later they moved to Milan (Italy).
2. The illness of the Blessed
As a teenager, Carlo was diagnosed with leukemia. He offered his sufferings for Pope Benedict XVI and for the Church.
3. Carlo Acutis and his great love for the Eucharist
From an early age, he showed a special love for God, even though his parents were not especially devout. Her mother said that before Carlo, she had only gone to Mass for her First Communion, Confirmation and Marriage, but since she was little, the young man loved to pray the Rosary.
After his First Communion, little Carlo went to Mass as often as he could and did Holy Hours before or after the Eucharist. He confessed weekly and also asked his parents to take him on a pilgrimage to places of saints and sites of Eucharistic miracles.
4. The conversion of his mother
His testimony of faith led to a profound conversion in his mother, who He assures: “Carlo brought me closer to God”.
5. Carlo Acutis and the Virgin of Fátima
According to his mother narratedCarlo had a mystical experience in which the Virgin of Fatima asked him to consecrate himself to the Heart of Jesus and her Immaculate Heart.
Furthermore, the young blessed dreamed of the little shepherd Saint Francis Marto, who asked him to offer reparation and sacrifices “so that people could love and honor the Eucharist more.”
6. He defended the weakest at school
He also stood out for defending those who were victims of ridicule at school, especially children with disabilities.
When a friend’s parents were going through a divorce, Carlo made a special effort to include his friend in the life of the Acutis family.
7. Carlo Acutis and the Eucharistic miracles
He was a programmer and built a website that cataloged and promoted Eucharistic miracles.
There, he told visitors: “The more frequently we receive the Eucharist, the more we will be like Jesus, so that on this earth we will have a foretaste of heaven.”
8. Football and video games in the life of Carlo Acutis
Carlo loved soccer and loved playing video games.
His favorite console was a PlayStation—possibly a PS2, which was released in 2000, when he was nine years old. We know that he only allowed himself to play one hour a week, as a form of mortification and spiritual discipline, since he wanted to play much more.
9. When did Carlo Acutis die and when was he beatified?
Carlo Acutis died on October 12, 2006 and was buried in Assisi, according to his wish, due to his love for Saint Francis.
His cause for canonization began in 2013. He was declared Venerable in 2018 and Blessed on October 10, 2020.
10. Is Carlo Acutis’ body incorrupt?
Initially, there were reports that Carlo Acutis’ body was incorrupt, but was not the case. Yet she lies at rest in a glass tomb, where can be worshiped permanently.
11. The heart of Carlo Acutis
His heart, which is now considered a relic, It is exhibited in a reliquary in the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi.
His mother noted that his family had wanted to donate his organs when he died, but they were unable to do so due to leukemia.
12. The miracle of Blessed Carlo Acutis for his canonization
He miracle attributed to him It is the healing of a 21-year-old girl born in Costa Rica and named Valeria Valverde. She seriously injured her head in a bicycle accident when she was studying in Florence in 2022.
She was about to die, but her mother went to the blessed tomb in Assisi to ask her intercession for her daughter’s healing and that same day Valeria began to miraculously recover.
Francesca Pollio Fenton
Francesca Pollio Fenton is the Social Media Manager at Catholic News Agency. She received her bachelor’s degree in Communications with an emphasis in Digital Media from the University of Colorado, Denver (United States).
Abel Camasca
Journalist graduated from the Communication Sciences degree at the University of Lima. He has been part of the ACI Prensa journalistic team since 2014. Between 2016 and 2022 he was in charge of the production of the television program EWTN Noticias and Más que Noticias, a World Catholic Radio program. He often writes articles about the lives of saints.