A relic of St Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint of the Catholic Church, has been stolen from a parish in western Venezuela just days after his canonisation in Rome.
The disappearance of the relic, a small circular piece of cloth, was reported on 9 September by staff at the Santo Domingo de Guzmán parish in the Cardenal Quintero municipality of Mérida state. Adrián García, coordinator of the San Carlo Acutis Youth Group, confirmed the theft on Friday to the press.
“So far, there’s no information; it’s still missing,” said Mr García. “We have faith in God that it will appear. It has great spiritual value.”
