Carlo Acutis

Carlo Acutis was born on May 3, 1991, in London, and soon moved with his Italian family to Milan, where he grew into a bright, generous teenager with an extraordinary love for Jesus in the Eucharist. Though his parents were not practicing at first, Carlo’s simple, insistent faith helped draw his mother back to Mass and prayer. He received First Holy Communion at seven and became known for frequent Communion and Eucharistic Adoration, living with a quiet joy and a tender concern for others. Gifted with computers, Carlo taught himself programming and web design, using his skills to serve his parish and school. He created a widely shared website and exhibition cataloging Eucharistic miracles and approved Marian apparitions, offering a modern path to ancient devotion. As a catechist, he encouraged friends and even members of his household to seek baptism. Diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia, Carlo offered his suffering to God and died on October 12, 2006, at fifteen. Venerated as a patron of the internet, programmers, and youth, he was canonized in 2025. His feast day is October 12.