Carlo Acutis, at the same level as Mother Teresa

Carlo Acutisthe Italian teenager NCare has created websites to spread his faith, this month will be proclaimed this saint of the Catholic Church of the millennium generation, being raised at the same level as Mother Tereza and Francisc de Assisi, reports Reuters on Tuesday.

There is no doubt that he was special, he told Reuters his mother, Antonia Salzano Acutis. But in many ways, she said, it was like any other teenager.

Acutis, who has learned numerous programming languages ​​and has developed websites for his parish and for the whole church, died of leukemia at 15 in 2006.

As his pious man’s reputation increased and advanced on the official path to holiness, his body was moved to the city of Assisi in central Italy, according to his last wish.

He was buried there, with a wax mold with his face over his body, wearing train blouse, jeans and sneakers. Since then, the crowds have gathered in front of the transparent coffin.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to participate in the canonization service in Saint Peter Square on April 27. The Vatican officials hope that Pope Francis, who is still in recovery after a double serious pneumonia, will prescribe the ceremony.

But beyond all the ceremonies and veneration, the main reason for Carlo is that he was living the same life as other teenagers in the 2000s who were struggling to integrate into school, his mother said.

‘Carlo was an ordinary child just like the others. He used to play, have friends and go to school. But his extraordinary quality was the fact that he opened the door of his heart to Jesus and put Jesus first in His life.

« He used this ability to spread the good news, the gospel, » she added. ‘He wanted to help people have more faith, to understand that there is a life after death, that we are (travelers) in this world.’

Antonia Salzano Acutis also said that her son dedicated to help the needy people and asked the parents to donate to the poor.

‘He was very severe with himself … If I wanted to buy two pairs of shoes, he said, no one is enough.’

Akutis’s reputation increased even more when, after his death, miracles attributed to his intercession were recorded.

Church officials said the healing of a four -year -old Brazilian boy with a serious pancreatic malformation and a 21 -year -old woman who could die after a bicycle accident.

The mothers of the boy and the woman prayed both of them for help, according to the Vatican authorities.

« The world (shows) a great interest in this young man, » said Bishop Domenico Sorrentino, who leads the Catholic Bishop of Assisi. ‘I think it all starts from his smile.’
« When we are truly convinced that we are saved by Jesus, we must be happy, we must be happy, » Sorrentino told Reuters. ‘Acutis manages to offer … young people this image of a true Christian’.

The supposed relics of Acutis-described as parts of his clothes and even his body-began to appear online, some for sale on auction sites such as eBay.

Sorrentino denounced the sale of relics as ‘terrible’ and said he asked the police to confirm the respective objects.

Catholics use such relics as help in prayer. Their sale is forbidden by the Church.

‘In Assisi, young believers said they came to see Avais with their eyes, looking for inspiration and an example.

« I felt a strong emotion seeing a younger boy than me living a happy life … Despite his illness, » said Emanuele Iaquaniello, an 18-year-old from Frosinone, a city in southeast Rome. ‘He was definitely an example and a strength symbol for all people, not just teenagers’.

Lorenzo Dalia, who is 18 years old and is from Monte San Giovanni Campano, said he was excited to see the grave of a teenager who will become a holy. « I was amazed to see such a faith so great at that age, » he confessed.

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