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September 7, 2025, will mark a historic date for the Catholic Church: Carlo Acutis, the first of the millennial generation, and Pier Giorgio Frassati, the young man with a mountaineering spirit and service, will be canonized jointly by Pope Leo XIV during the Jubilee Year. Both symbolize holiness in profoundly different and contemporary contexts.
Carlo Acutis (1991-2006), born in London and raised in Milan, combined faith and technology. He died of leukemia at the age of 15, but left behind a digital legacy: a website cataloging Eucharistic miracles. He was beatified in 2020 after a miracle was confirmed, and in 2024 another was recognized that paved his path to sainthood. He will be the first "millennial saint."
Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901-1925), an Italian from Turin, was a young university student, mountaineer, and member of Catholic Action. Dedicated to the needy, he was known for his joy and deep social commitment. Beatified by John Paul II in 1990, his canonization follows the recognition of a miracle approved in 2024.
Although their careers were a century apart, both were deeply Eucharistic: Carlo expressed it as his “highway to heaven,” and Pier Giorgio lived his daily life “upward” (“verso l'alto”).
The choice to canonize them together reflects Pope Leo XIV's desire to emphasize the universality of the call to holiness: two young men who, from different worlds, show how authentic faith can be lived with creativity, service, and modernity.
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