Pope Leo XIV to declare 15-year-old computer whiz, known as God's influencer, a saint

A nun holds a picture of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati on the day Pope Leo XIV leads a Holy Mass for the canonisation of Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who will become the first millennial to be made a Catholic saint, and Pier Giorgio Frassati, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sept 7, 2025. - Photo: Reuters

VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV presided Sunday (Sept 7) over the canonisation of the Catholic Church's first millennial saint, a 15-year-old computer whiz who used technology to spread the faith and earned the nickname "God’s influencer.”

Tens of thousands of people packed St. Peter’s Square for the open-air Mass that would declare Carlo Acutis a saint.