On Sunday, 7 September 2025, the Holy Father Leo XIV elevated Carlo Acutis to the dignity of the altar. Saint Carlo Acutis, together with Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati (also canonised by Pope Leo on the same day), is a true “pop saint”, deeply loved by younger people, thanks in part to his generational closeness. He died in Monza on 12 October 2006, at just 15 years old, due to a sudden and aggressive leukaemia. Saint Carlo stands as a magnificent witness of faith for our times. He knew how to suffer without ever losing sight of the purpose of his earthly existence, offering his pain to God “for the Pope and for the Church, so I won’t have to go through Purgatory and can go straight to Heaven.”