Blessed Carlo Acutis

Blessed Carlo Acutis aas born in Italy. He created a website in 2004 to spread the word of God through the medium of internet.

1. WELCOME TOPIC- BLESSED CARLOS ACUTIS

2. On October 10 th 2020, the world witnessed the Beatification of a young computer genius called Carlo Acutis . An Italian teenager dressed in jeans, jacket and a pair of sneakers.

3. He is the first millenial to be beatified in the history of the church. Venerable Carlo Acutis is known for his example of holiness, love of the eucharist and passion for Information technology.

4. Carlos was born on 3 rd May 1991 in London. A few months later after his birth his parents Antonia Salazno and Andrea Acutis moved to Milan, Italy. As a young child Carlos loved to pray the Rosary, after he received his First Holy Communion at the age of 7 he went for mass as often as he could and spent couple of time before the blessed sacrament. He went for confession weekly.

5. At young age Carlo seemed to have a speacial love for God even though his parents weren’t practicing Catholics. His mother said that before Carlo was born she went to mass only for her First Communion, Confirmation and Wedding but his witness of faith led to a deep conversion for her, because it was he who succeeded in getting him served to mass and convincing others to receive the communion daily.

6. Carlos interest ranged from the computer programming to film editing to creating his own website called ‘The Eucharistic Miracles Of The World’ He created this website in 2005, he started compiling the catalogue at the age of eleven. He admired Blessed Giacomo Alberione’s Initiatives to use the media in proclaiming the Gospel. He said “Eucharist is my highway to heaven” This is why Carlos is called The Cyber Aposole Of The Holy Eucharist.

7. Carlo was known for defending Children at school who got picked on especially, those who were disabled. Carlo involved himself into charity work and spent his own money on helping disadvantaged people in his local area. He also distributed sleeping bags to the ones who had no shelter.

8. Carlo died from Leukemia on the 12 th of October 2006 at the age of 15 . He was buried at Assisi at his request because of this love for ST. Francis of Assisi.

9. Carlo used to ask his parents to take him to pilgrimages, to the places of the saints and to the sites of Eucharistic Miracles in the world , but with his declining health prevented this from happening. Before Carlo died he offered his suffering to God, for the Pope and the church.

10. Miracles of Blessed Carlos On October 12, 2013, Seven years after Carlos death, a child named Mattheus who was infected by a Congenital Malformation. When it was his turn to touch the picture Of the future Blessed, he expressed a wish in form of a prayer. On the way home from the Mass, Mattheus told his mother that he was already cured.

11. In Christus Vivit , Pope Francis Exhortation on people he mentioned Carlo as a role model for young people today who are often tempted by the traps of Self – absorption, isolation and empty pleasure. The Pope also said that Carlo knew how to use the new communication technology to transmit the Gospel to communicate values and beauty.

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