Emmanuel Nigel: "Holiness in the Face of the Lovely Gift of Sainthood - the 15 Year-Old Young Digital Saint Carlo Acutis."

By Emmanuel Nigel

Piemonte House

Date: Saturday, June 14th, 2025

Blessed Carlo Acutis to be canonized a Saint on Sunday, September 7th, 2025 with the announcement from the Vatican on Saturday, June 13th, 2025 during the General Consistory in Vatican City, Rome. He was a British born teenager and of Italian ancestry, known for his devotion to the Eucharist, with the creation of a website documenting Eucharistic miracles prior to his death from leukemia at the age of 15. From his birth May 3rd, 1991 to October 12th, 2006, we see a beautiful witness of digital sainthood in our time. "Holiness in the Face of the Lovely Gift of Sainthood - the 15 Year-Old Young Digital Saint Carlo Acutis." He is celebrated for his piety and the lovely ability to integrate his faith with modern technology, resonating deeply with Young Catholics around the Cosmos a Young Saint to be that the Young Ones and the Youth should emulate. He speaks to us: “To always be close to Jesus, that’s my life plan. I'm happy to die because I've lived my life without wasting even a minute of it doing things that wouldn't have pleased God.” Blessed Carlo Acutis strived to be Holy, he was happy to die, embraced death and wanted to be with the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in the Holy City of Martyrs and Saints of the Lord God.

He [Blessed Carlo Acutis] said something lovely: ".......Help us to recognize Christ's presence in the Eucharist. To use our talents in service of others and to navigate the digital world with the wisdom......." This is lovely that we should love Eucharist that's where we meet Christ the King of our lives. We should remember to render service to our brothers and services - Blessed Carlo Acutis will always speaks to us to use digital space with wisdom understanding that we should focus on service. He lived for a very short period of time he lived for 15 years only but he lived his life meaningfully.

Blessed Carlo Acutis will be declared a Saint by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, September 7th, 2025 in Rome. Thank you to the Holy See for the approval and for the decision of the canonization of the digital Saint who used the website for the documentation of the Eucharistic miracles. A beautiful Young Saint - a Young Digital Saint.