Overview

• The Capela Nossa Senhora Aparecida in Campo Grande was formally elevated on October 12 to the Santuário Arquidiocesano de Nossa Senhora Aparecida e São Carlo Acutis, the first sanctuary in the world honoring the millennial saint.
• The site is linked to a Vatican-recognized 2013 cure of Brazilian child Matheus Vianna after contact with an Acutis relic, a case that enabled his 2020 beatification.
• Acutis was canonized by Pope Leão XIV on September 7 and added to the Catholic liturgical calendar, with his first feast day observed today, October 12.
• Today's inaugural program at the new sanctuary included public veneration of relics, a 10 a.m. Mass marking the elevation, children’s activities, a procession, and evening coronation rites for Nossa Senhora Aparecida.
• Public veneration of Acutis relics expanded nationwide this weekend, including a Saturday service in Fortaleza where Paróquia Cristo Rei displayed a relic during Mass.