In a first-of-its-kind event, a diocese in South India organized a grand exposition of over 1,500 relics of saints under the theme “Let us celebrate our Catholic faith,” drawing a record 400,000 visitors over three days.
Pope Leo XIV urged young people to “aspire to great things, to holiness” and to never settle for mediocrity, as he celebrated the Jubilee of Youth Mass at Tor Vergata on Aug 3, 2025.
Pope Leo XIV has officially announced that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be canonized together on Sunday, September 7, 2025, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis, who is set to become the first millennial saint, has been deferred following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, the Vatican said.
The Archdiocese of Seoul in South Korea received a first-class relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis in anticipation of the World Youth Day in their country in 2027.
The first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, with 14 other blessed will be canonized, according to the College of Cardinals who formalized the approval in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace for an Ordinary Public Consistory on Monday morning.
Pope Francis will lead at an Ordinary Public Consistory on July 1, when Cardinals who are in Rome are set to approve the canonization of 15 Blesseds, according to Vatican News.
An Indian Catholic priest’s short film ‘Carlo’, directed by Father Leslie Bosco Rego, won two awards - Best Short Film Award and the Best Line Producer Award - at the Global Taj International Film Festival (GTIFF) in Agra, a city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on November 17.
An Indian Catholic priest’s short film has been selected for screening at the Global Taj International Film Festival (GTIFF) in Agra. The movie is about Blessed Carlo Acutis, a Catholic adolescent and amateur computer programmer best known for documenting Eucharistic miracles around the world and cataloging them on a website he created before succumbing to leukemia.
