Vatican suspends Acutis ceremony after pope's death but Jubilee continues


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  • Monday, 21 Apr 2025

People visit 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

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The canonisation of the first saint of the millennial generation, Carlo Acutis, has been suspended due to Pope Francis' death, the Vatican said in a statement on Monday.

Acutis, an Italian boy who died from leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15, was originally set to be made a saint at a ceremony in St. Peter's Square on April 27.

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