Pope Francis Recognizes Second Miracle: Carlo Acutis, Millennial Eucharistic Devotee, One Step Away from Sainthood

Assisi, Italy, Umbria, Italy Italy
Carlo Acutis used his computer skills to create a website cataloging Eucharistic miracles and Marian apparitions.
Pope Francis recognized a second miracle attributed to Blessed Carlo Acutis, clearing the way for him to become the Catholic Church's first millennial saint.
Valeria Valverde suffered severe head trauma after falling off her bicycle in Florence and prayed at Acutis' tomb for recovery.
Valverde regained the use of her upper limbs and speech after praying at Acutis' tomb.
Pope Francis Recognizes Second Miracle: Carlo Acutis, Millennial Eucharistic Devotee, One Step Away from Sainthood

Pope Francis has recognized a second miracle attributed to Blessed Carlo Acutis, clearing the way for him to become the Catholic Church's first millennial saint. Acutis, who was born in London but grew up in Milan and attended daily mass from a young age, used his computer skills to create a website cataloging Eucharistic miracles and Marian apparitions.

The second miracle involved a Costa Rican woman named Valeria Valverde, who suffered severe head trauma after falling off her bicycle in Florence. Her mother prayed at Acutis' tomb in Assisi for her daughter's recovery, and soon after, Valverde began to breathe without the need for a ventilator and regained the use of her upper limbs and speech.

Carlo Acutis was diagnosed with leukemia at age 15 and died in 2006. His body is now displayed in a shrine in Assisi, Italy. The path to sainthood typically requires two miracles attributed to prayers made to an individual after their death.

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Carlo Acutis was beatified by Pope Francis in October 2020 after the first miracle was attributed to him, involving a Brazilian boy's healing from a rare pancreatic disorder. The boy claimed that he had been healed after coming into contact with one of Acutis' T-shirts.

The canonization process for Acutis is expected to move forward with the Pope convening a consistory, a formal meeting of the College of Cardinals, to discuss his sainthood and decide on a date for the ceremony.



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    • Pope Francis recognizes a miracle attributed to Blessed Carlo Acutis and another to Blessed Giuseppe Allamano, and approves the canonization of 11 martyrs in Syria.
    • Blessed Carlo Acutis was a young layman who died from leukemia at the age of 15, and was beatified by Pope Francis in 2020.
    • The miracle attributed to Blessed Carlo Acutis involved a woman named Liliana and her daughter Valeria, who suffered severe head trauma in an accident and made a remarkable recovery after Liliana prayed to Blessed Carlo at his tomb in Assisi.
    • Blessed Giuseppe Allamano was an Italian-born priest who founded the Consolata Missionaries, and was attributed with the miracle of healing an indigenous man named Sorino Yanomami who was attacked by a jaguar in the Amazonian forest.
    • Pope Francis recognized the martyrdom of Servant of God Stanislav Kostka Streich and Servant of God Mária Magdolna Bódí, both killed by communists.
    • The Pope also approved the canonization of Blessed Emanuele Ruiz and 7 Companions, and Francesco, Abdel Mooti, and Raffaele Massabki, who were killed in hatred of the Faith in Damascus between July 9 and 10, 1860.
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  • Unique Points
    • Carlo Acutis is set to become the Catholic Church's first millennial saint.
    • Carlo Acutis earned the nickname ‘God’s influencer’.
    • Acutis used his technological skills to spread awareness of the Catholic faith and set up a website documenting miracles.
    • He was diagnosed with leukemia at age 15 and died in 2006.
    • His body is now displayed in a shrine in Assisi, Italy.
    • Two miracles have been attributed to Acutis: the healing of a girl from Costa Rica who suffered a head trauma after praying at his tomb, and the healing of a Brazilian boy with a pancreas defect.
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    • London-born teenager Carlo Acutis is to become the Catholic church's first millennial saint.
    • Carlo Acutis was a computer prodigy who helped spread Roman Catholic teaching online before his death in 2006.
    • From the age of three, Carlo Acutis asked to visit churches and donated pocket money to the poor.
    • Carlo Acutis defended disabled peers when they were bullied and took meals and sleeping bags to rough sleepers in Milan.
    • Carlo Acutis taught himself to code while still at primary school and created websites for Catholic organisations.
    • If a person recovers from an illness or injury after someone prays at the tomb of a deceased person, it can be classed as a miracle by the Vatican.
    • Carlo Acutis was put on the path towards sainthood after a seven-year-old boy from Brazil recovered from a rare pancreatic disorder after coming into contact with one of Acutis’s T-shirts.
    • A Costa Rican woman, Valeria Valverde, experienced a miraculous recovery after praying at the tomb of Carlo Acutis in Assisi following a bicycle accident.
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    The article contains some inflammatory rhetoric and an appeal to authority, but no formal or dichotomous fallacies are present. The author describes the subject of the article as a 'London-born teenager who died of leukaemia aged 15' and later refers to him as a 'computer prodigy' and 'Catholic teaching online'. This could be seen as an attempt to elicit an emotional response from the reader, but it does not constitute a formal fallacy. The author also quotes Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi stating that 'The Church in Assisi is in celebration', which is an appeal to authority as the archbishop's statement carries weight due to his position within the Catholic church. However, this does not significantly impact the overall content or argument of the article and therefore does not reduce its score significantly.
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    • From the age of three her son would ask to visit churches they passed in Milan and would donate his pocket money to poor people in the city.
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    • Italian teenager Carlo Acutis is on track to become the first millennial saint in the Roman Catholic Church
    • Carlo was born in London but grew up in Milan and attended daily mass from a young age
    • He used his computer skills to create a website archiving miracles and spread his faith online
    • Carlo’s mother reported medical miracles occurring after people prayed to him for help
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  • Unique Points
    • Pope Francis is considering the canonization of Carlo Acutis, a web developer who created a website cataloging Eucharistic miracles and Marian apparitions.
    • Carlo Acutis was beatified by Pope Francis in October 2020 after the first miracle attributed to him involved a Brazilian boy’s healing.
    • Carlo Acutis was considered a ‘computer genius’ who used his talents for religious purposes instead of social media.
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