On Thursday, Pope Francis ordered that a second posthumous miracle be attributed to Acutis, entitling the teenager to canonization. The youngest of the 912 people canonized by Pope Francis was born in 1926, The Guardian wrote.
Acutis did a great service to the Catholic Church, as he used his programming skills to create websites for Catholic organizations, as well as a website documenting the wonders of the world.
The Italian-born teenager's parents told the paper that since the age of three, their son had asked to enter every church they passed. According to their claim, the boy was also charitable: he regularly gave his pocket money to the poor. In addition, Acutis offered support to classmates whose parents were on the verge of divorce, protected disabled peers from bullying, and brought food and sleeping bags to the homeless.
Acutis was put on the road to canonization after Pope Francis approved a miracle attributed to him: a seven-year-old Brazilian boy was cured of a rare pancreatic disorder after coming into contact with one of Acutis's T-shirts. A priest also prayed to Acutis for the child, The Guardian wrote.
The church is now investigating the case of a woman who miraculously recovered from a bicycle accident in Florence in 2022. The 21-year-old woman suffered a hematoma in her brain, and the doctors classified her condition as critical even after the operation. However, six days later, her mother prayed for her daughter's recovery at the tomb of Acutis in Assisi, Umbria.
The church said the woman began breathing on her own that same day, regained the use of her upper limbs and the ability to speak. He was released from the intensive care unit ten days later.
Carlo Acutis was beatified by the Catholic Church in Assisi in 2020.
The article from The Guardian here .
Source: hirado.hu
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