Carlo Acutis: British computer whizz is beatified in cathedral in Italy

A British-born computer whizz who died from leukaemia aged 15 has been placed on the path to sainthood during a beatification ceremony at a cathedral in Italy. Carlo Acutis, who was born in London in 1991 to Italian parents before moving as a child to Milan, was honoured with a ceremony at the Basilica of San Francesco … Read more

London-born ‘computer genius’ Carlos Acutis is to be beatified by the Catholic Church

A British-born Italian teenager who dedicated his short life to spreading the faith online and helping the poor will be beatified by the Catholic Church today. That leaves him just one miracle away from becoming the world’s first millennial saint. Internet and computer-mad youngster Carlo Acutis, who died of leukaemia in 2006 aged 15, was … Read more