Overview

• Pope Leo XIV presided over the Sept. 7 ceremony, declaring Carlo Acutis a saint alongside Pier Giorgio Frassati.
• Originally scheduled for April, the canonisation was postponed after Pope Francis’s death and reconvened in September.
• Tens of thousands of pilgrims, including many young attendees from Italy and the United States, gathered in St Peter’s Square for the Mass.
• Acutis’s body lies in a glass tomb in Assisi and his heart is kept in a reliquary at San Rufino, as relics and personal items are distributed to institutions worldwide.
• Media reports have flagged purported relics linked to Acutis appearing for sale on online marketplaces with listed prices from roughly £90 to nearly £2,000.