FILE PHOTO: 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
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The canonisation of the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation, Carlo Acutis, will take place on September 7, Pope Leo announced on Friday.
Acutis, a British-born Italian who died from leukaemia in 2006 at the age of 15, was originallyset to be made a sainton April 27 but the event was suspended after the death of Pope Francis.
