The Vatican announced that Pope Francis has cleared the second miracle of Carlo Acutis, paving the way for the teenager who died in 2006 to be the first millennial saint.
The teenager was beatified in 2020 after a first miracle was attributed to him, and the recognition of a second miracle by the pope is one of the final steps for making a person a saint, according to Reuters.
Acutis, born on May 3, 1991, was a computer programmer notable for creating an exhibition of Eucharist miracles and sightings of Mary before dying of Leukemia in 2006.
The first miracle involved a teenager who was born with a pancreatic defect. Mattheus Vianna reportedly prayed to Acutis in 2019 to relieve stomach problems and was healed, leading to the pope to recognize the miracle and beatify Acutis.
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The second miracle recognized by the pope involved a woman from Costa Rica, identified only as Liliana, who said she traveled to Acutis’s tomb shortly after her daughter fell off a bicycle in 2022 and required brain surgery. She said her daughter was healed after the pilgrimage.
The canonization process is handled by the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, which is overseen by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro.
