Pope Francis clears the way to recognise the first millennial saint, but who is Carlo Acutis?

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Pope Francis clears the way to recognise the first millennial saint, but who is Carlo Acutis?
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Carlo Acutis, who died from cancer at the age of 15 in 2006, could become the first millennial saint after Pope Francis attributed two health-related miracles to him.

A London-born teenager known as "God's influencer" could become the first millennial saint after two miracles were attributed to him

The first miracle attributed to Carlo, in 2020, involved healing young Brazilian boy Mattheus Vianna, who was unable to keep down his food due to a serious birth defect.Mattheus was cured after touching a relic of Carlo's — reportedly sent by Carlo's mother — at the Chapel of Nossa Senhora Aparecida in Brazil.The second miracle attributed to Carlo is the healing of a woman called Valeria, from Costa Rica, in 2022.

After Lilana's pleas, Valeria made a miraculous recovery and was discharged from hospital to attend rehab in August of that year,There are four steps to being named as a saint in the Catholic Church and the process is called canonisation. In July 2018, Pope Francis confirmed Carlo's life as one of heroic value and he was declared venerable.

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