Blessed Carlo Acutis – the Italian youth known as “God’s influencer” – will be canonised on September 7, the Vatican has announced.
He will be recognised a saint jointly with Pier Giorgio Frassati, a fellow Italian who also died at a young age.
The pair will be among nine canonisations to take place this year following Pope Leo XIV’s first Ordinary Public Consistory of his pontificate this morning.
Both canonisations were previously announced in November but had been delayed by the death of Pope Francis.
