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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17498145639151749814561662.jpeg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Pictures of Blessed Carlo Acutis, an adolescent who spent his life spreading his faith online, earning the moniker &quot;God&#x27;s Influencer&quot;, are printed on souvenirs in a shop of Assisi where Acutis is on display, on April 3, 2025. Blessed Carlo Acutis, the world&#x27;s first millennial saint who died in 2006 aged 15, will be canonized by Pope Francis on April 27, 2025 in The Vatican. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)"/>Pictures of Blessed Carlo Acutis,  an adolescent who spent his life spreading his faith online, earning the moniker &quot;God&#x27;s Influencer&quot;, are printed on souvenirs in a shop of Assisi where Acutis is on display, on April 3, 2025. Blessed Carlo Acutis, the world&#x27;s first millennial saint who died in 2006 aged 15, will be canonized by Pope Francis on April 27, 2025 in The Vatican. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)</div>VATICAN — Italian millennial Carlo Acutis, dubbed &quot;God&#x27;s Influencer&quot;, will be elevated to sainthood in September after the original ceremony was delayed by Pope Francis&#x27;s death in April, the Vatican said Friday.Pope Leo XIV rescheduled to September 7 the canonization of Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15. He had been set to be made a saint on April 27.Nicknamed the &quot;Cyber Apostle&quot;, the teenager had an ardent faith from a young age and used his computer skills to spread the Catholic faith online, notably creating a digital exhibition on miracles.Italian student Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901-1925), renowned for his social commitment and passion for mountain climbing, will be canonized on the same day.Leo will raise seven others to sainthood on October 19.They include Papua New Guinea&#x27;s first saint, Pierre To Rot, a lay catechist executed by Japan in 1945, Ignace Shoukrallah Maloyan, an archbishop who died in 1915 and the Venezuelan &quot;doctor of the poor&quot; Jose Gregorio Hernandez Cisneros, who died in 1919.

Italian millennial Carlo Acutis, dubbed "God's Influencer", will be elevated to sainthood in September after the original ceremony was delayed by Pope Francis' death in April.

Italian millennial Carlo Acutis, dubbed "God's Influencer", will be elevated to sainthood in September after the original ceremony was delayed by Pope Francis' death in April.

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'God's Influencer' to become first millennial saint in September

Agence France-Presse

Published June 13, 2025 07:37 PM PHT

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Updated June 13, 2025 07:52 PM PHT

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