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Pope Leo XIV Reschedules Carlo Acutis Canonization for September 7

Following a postponement after Pope Francis’s death, the ceremony will spotlight Acutis’s use of digital media to engage young Catholics.

ASSISI, ITALY - MARCH 18: (EDITORS NOTE: This image depicts death.) A nun prays at the tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore on March 18, 2025 in Assisi, Italy. Assisi is the resting place of Carlo Acutis, a London-born Italian teenager who died from leukemia in 2006 and was later beatified by Pope Francis in 2020. Acutis, who has been referred to as "God's Influencer," will become the first millennial saint when he is canonised in a ceremony next month during the Church's Jubilee of Teenagers. It was Carlos Acutis's final wish to be buried in Assisi. On 6th April 2019, his body was brought to the Sanctuary of the Spoliation and will be his final resting, attracting pilgrims from across the world to visit his tomb and that of St. Francis of Assisi in the nearby Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
A girl visits the tomb of Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 aged 15, in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi, Italy, May 26, 2024. REUTERS/Matteo Berlenga/File Photo
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Overview

  • Pope Leo XIV confirmed the September 7 date after Acutis’s April 27 canonization was delayed by the pontiff’s passing.
  • The event in St. Peter’s Square will be the first sainthood ceremony of Leo XIV’s pontificate and is expected to draw thousands of young pilgrims.
  • Acutis died at 15 in 2006 of leukemia and was renowned for creating a website cataloguing over 100 Eucharistic miracles.
  • His cause advanced with beatification in 2020 following a miracle healings in Brazil and a second miracle recognized by Pope Francis in May.
  • He will be canonized alongside Pier Giorgio Frassati, another Italian youth saint who died at 24 after contracting polio.